On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Wayne Hoy wrote:
>
> Hi there, linux newbie here.
>
> I've got Red Hat 5.1, and I'm tryingto install it on my PC that already
> has Win95 running. When I'm using Disk Druid to create the Linux
> partitions, I can create a max of 1 partition. If I try to create a
> second, say for swap, or /usr, I get the error
>
> "No free primary"
>
> Does anyone know what this means, and what I can do to work around it?
>
> My current HD situation is this:
>
> IDE 3GB:
> Primary partition - 1 GB - Win95 FAT16
> Extended partition - 1GB - 2 log drives, FAT16
> Free space - 1GB - I want to install here
> Boot manager - 1MB
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
> Wayne
>
> ---
> Wayne Hoy, wk@unixg.ubc.ca
>
You can have up to 4 primary partitions, one of which may be an extended
partition and lots (I'm not sure how many) of logical partitions, which
reside in the extended partition. Because you already have a "fully
occupied" extended partition the disk druid will only be able to create
one partion. I think you will want to have more than one partition,
though it may be possible to do it all in one partion.
To fix this you need to increase the size of your extended partion to
include some free space. Disk Druid will then use the free space to
create more logical partitions.
Simon