[ale] RedHat 7.2 partition problem

[Calvin Harrigan]

Are you trying to create a dual boot with windows and linux or just
linux?
If you want to dual boot, you are going to have to delete the existing
partition or resize it use something like fips or partition magic. 
You're getting the error because there is no more space on the hard
drive.  IF you are doing linux only, you have to delete the existing
FAT32 partition and then repartition for linux.

Calvin...

On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 20:46, Jim Philips wrote:
> I am trying to install RH 7.2 on a Dell laptop. I get to partitiong and it 
> shows one vfat partition for the entire disk. Any time I select to add a new 
> partition of any size, I get this error message:
> 
> "Could not allocate requested partitions: 
> Partitioning failed: Could not allocate partitions as primary partitions."
> 
> And it refuses to go any further. Does anybody know a way around this 
> roadblock?
> 
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