With 80 gb sata hdd i have six partitions c:/[18.5gb],d [18.5gb], e[18.5gb], f[10 gb] ,g[8 mb],h[8mb ext3]?

here partitions c:/ and d:/ are both Fat32 type of file systems, partitions e:/ and f:/ and g:/ are all three are NTFS type of file systems while the partition h:/ is with the file system of ext3 type .


i have already three operating systems installed in my system which is c:/ windows xp professional , d:/ windows xp home , e:/ windows xp professional x64 bit edition. and f:/ is just empty with available space of 10 gb.





now please tell me how to creat the partitions for two new operating system which i wana install in my system [ the red hat linux and the ubuntu both linux operating system ].


thanking you ....!

With 80 gb sata hdd i have six partitions c:/[18.5gb],d [18.5gb], e[18.5gb], f[10 gb] ,g[8 mb],h[8mb ext3]?
its easy


boot system with linux os cd


1. reach till manual partion option come on screen.





2. delete the ext3 partition. not create a new /boot, /swap and / all ext3 type (remember swap is type itself).





3. space must be 100, approx double ur ram for swap and balance of it for linux red hat native.





4. in case you wish to load upuntu also then hold back some space in /native





5. Now delete that space and liberate it as free space.





6. install linux redhat





7. after installation now boot with ubuntu. and follow same procedure, but remember this time the space left after step 5 is to be used. steps 3-4 to be repeated for same.





anyprobs pm me


take care


all the best
Reply:4 os in 80 gb.. god thats amazing truly amazing
Reply:Use two of the empty partitions. Leave the H partition alone. Your two Linux distros can use it as is. Also, Windows cannot read a Linux partition but Linux can see and use a Windows partition. You might be better off using a virtual machine for your various OSes. A VM work inside of a host OS. It acts just like a PC and you can do anything with it that you can with your host system including networking the VMs. Check out VM Ware. They have a free version that you can download. In your case, use the XP Home version for the host. Have fun.
Reply:why? ... I mean really ... why?





What do you need with that many operating systems? All of your HDD is being used up by OS, do you have any other programs running off it?





What is your purpose for this machine?
Reply:you need to create 1 ext3 and 1 linux swap partition for each linux. the ext3 partition must be enough to accommodate the OS files. creates swap space equal to the amount of RAM.





create all partitions as logical partitions.