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| 175198 | 2003-09-14 08:18:00 | After reading Geoff Palmer I decided to give Linux a go. Purchased 3 CD set from Openware. Have tried installing numerous times. Initially it hung up at "Configuring PCMCIA cards" even though mine is not a laptop. Solved by choosing English USA as language. Now it stops at hard drive partitioning, saying that the drive is fragmented, even though I have JUST RUN defrag prior to re-booting! Much as I hate it, I am about to consider continuing with Windows! My system is an HP Pavilion 4509 with AMD K6 450 mhz processor and a new 20 Gb hard drive and 256 Mb Ram with a Lite-on CD-R drive and 2 USB ports for a Canon printer and Canon scanner. Am I giving up too soon? Can anyone help? Please. |
nzrobbies (4561) | ||
| 175199 | 2003-09-14 08:34:00 | The problem is windows doesn't usually fully defrag the partition because it won't move files that are in use. If you run the defrag from safe mode it should be able to move the files. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 175200 | 2003-09-14 09:15:00 | I am not convinced that Mandrake have got it 100% right with their partitioning tool from what I have read (but I have to say I have not tried it myself). How about trying your partitioning with Partition Magic then re-trying your install? |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 175201 | 2003-09-14 23:46:00 | As John says, try Partition Magic or similar to carve of a chunk of free space then use the MDK partition tool to set that partition up for linux. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 175202 | 2003-09-15 01:47:00 | The MD tool has worked perfectly for me. The reason its a problem in this case (and admittedly many others) is it refuses to actually move any of the data (used clusters) in the partition. All it does is modifies the FAT and partition table. They are playing it safe at the cost of convenience. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 175203 | 2003-09-15 04:51:00 | So it needs a really defragmented disk. I wonder if Microsoft leave used, unmovable, clusters all over the disk to make it hard for people to install Linux? Aren't conspiracy theories fun? :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 175204 | 2003-09-15 12:17:00 | My spare computer is an AMD K6 and neither Mandrake 9.1 or Yoper will run on it. My other computer is Celleron 1.7mhz (Pentium 4 type) & both systems run on it. I don't think that the 2.4.? kernel will work on the AMD K6. I have come to the conclusion tha Linux is a time waster, I allways have to use Windows to get any work done. |
Mzee (158) | ||
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