too many partitions WTF?

[fiji]

ok i have gentoo linux installed on my secondary computer


i have 3 partitions---
1 boot 100mb
2 swap, 512mb
3 main 10gb


and this is on a 20 gb hdd


so i go to install windows xp

and then when it asks me, do you want to create a new partition adn what not?

i hit yes, create new partition


and it says max partitions! thats so ****ing lame, i know thats not the max

4 is the max, unless you make a extended partition or whatever the hell its called



can anyone help me, with my winblows dillema?


and im almost 100% sure, windows only uses 1 partition...


any help here is much appreciated

[Zuzzz]

ahhhh but isnt there like a DOS or boot partition. . . or a hidden boot partition. . . . its been a while since i loaded up linux on a bare drive. the other option is dont create a new partition during winXP install. . . use and exsisting partition and select the unused/unallocated space. . . with Windblows who know what it could be . . . and does not the boot area for WinXP need to be below cylinder 1024? . . . some thoughts for you


good luck

[fiji]

i dont think it does....


hmmm


ill check

[KraziKid]

can anyone help me, with my winblows dillema?

One piece of advise, you'll get more help if you don't call Windows "winblows".

[fiji]

Originally posted by KraziKid


One piece of advise, you'll get more help if you don't call Windows "winblows".


no, typo :P lol

no it really does blow

im serious



if you thinnk about it...


now just think for a minute... does windows suck compared to other os? (linux, bsd, os x etc)

...........yes
the only thing it has that is better than all of the other *nix os's
is that alot more software (games in particular) is developed for windows

the only reason im even installing it, is because they dont have america's army 1.9 out for linux... yet lol


ok, well im gunna stop on my window$ rant, before i spend all night typing a 5 page essay lol


that reminds me, gotta get crackin on the summer reading essay

[Yakbak]

What I did for my Gentoo setup was that I premade the sized partitions in Windows with Partition Magic, then cleared all 4 partitions.
When I went to install Win2k, it showed the 1st 3 partitions were unknown, and the 4th was NTFS (I premade it). Now I have both OSes going on 4 primary partitions, appears to be working great.

[fiji]

hmm cool, i dont know much about partition magic


but can it work on a boot disc/cd

or is it gui only?

[loudblaster]

Partition magic will work from a boot disk

[SinsFeelNatural]

Originally posted by fiji

no it really does blow

im serious



if you thinnk about it...


now just think for a minute... does windows suck compared to other os? (linux, bsd, os x etc)

...........yes


seriously I was going to help............................