Bailed out of Install, need help on partitioning [Solved]

Von-Dyke · 2009-03-29 05:25:00

I got to the partitioning table and had it set up as so:

Primary Boot NTFS ~xx (MB) -XP Partition
Primary Boot Linux ~xx (MB) -Boot Partition
Primary Linux ~xx -Separate /home Partition

Now im stuck. I still need a '/' and a 'swap' partition but i dont know how to do that - only 4 primary partitions allowed. the /home partition cant be changed as it still has all the stuff i need on it (granted its mostly backed up but still i dont really want to format it). Can / or swap or boot be logical??

Please help =\

Last edited by Von-Dyke (2009-03-30 02:30:59)

MoonSwan · 2009-03-29 06:53:33

Make an extended partition, then put your /,home,boot and swap inside of that as a logical partition. Linux, unlike windows, doesn't give a damn where the partitions sit as long as the bootloader can find its files necessary to boot, then the kernel will take care of the rest.

Crooksey · 2009-03-29 11:10:49

Press ctrl+alt+f3. This will give you a new tty window.

Login as root (there will be no password)

Then run the command..

cfdisk /dev/sda

Delete the boot and home partions, then create a new partion.

When it asks if you want a primary or logical partion, select logical and then keep doing that untill you have created all the partions you want

There will be no limit that way.

Ranguvar · 2009-03-30 01:24:52

Guys, as he said, his /home has stuff on it, and he doesn't want to do a full backup

/ and swap can be logical, yes. The only thing you need primary for is your boot partition.

MoonSwan · 2009-03-30 02:00:56

Yay, go go heavy pain meds misreading (again)...sadly not my first idiotic mistake on this board. I apologise to the OP for my error, do listen to Ranguvar.

Von-Dyke · 2009-03-30 02:30:45

Its cool i fixed that bit by following the same partition scheme i had previously, i didnt even think to check what i was already doing >.<!

kgas · 2009-03-30 02:41:12

There are users with no swap partitions in their system, if needed a swap file can be used. Since you have backup of home partition you can do a resizing and creating a / in that.

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#1 2009-03-29 05:25:00

Bailed out of Install, need help on partitioning [Solved]

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Re: Bailed out of Install, need help on partitioning [Solved]

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Re: Bailed out of Install, need help on partitioning [Solved]

#4 2009-03-30 01:24:52

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