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Old 12-15-2003
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HELP--Redhat on WinXP laptop PROBLEM!!
Hi guys!

Need some help here.....trying to install Redhat 8.0 on a laptop that is already running WinXP. Have made a partition with partition magic but when I try to install Linux it just stops at the check partition/ check hard-drive stage. It has happened on two different laptops of different makes but both running WinXP. It works perfectly on another laptop running WinME. Any ideas??

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Hi,

you created a partition for linux with partition magic ? well usually you don't need to create a partition with an external tool.
Remove this reserved partition and start the installation again.

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make sure you just leave the space you want for linux unallocated... Im installing RH9 on my winxpPro laptop and it wouldnt let me install when I created a new empty partition for it... but as soon as I left it unallocated it worked fine
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Beware when installing redhat on a machine already running xp. I found that winxp gets screwed up, and wont boot.
You may have to reinstall xp.
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Beware
Beware when installing redhat on a machine already running xp. I found that winxp gets screwed up, and wont boot.
You may have to reinstall xp.
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