[rks171]

Hello,

Firstly, I've never used Linux before, but have to now for a new research project. I'm trying to install it on my machine along side XP. I originally had a XP/Vista dual boot setup, but I blew off Vista, reformatted the HD, and installed XP thinking that would solve my problem (plus I didn't really need Vista), but it didn't. Anyways, my problem is that when I boot to LiveCD, run the installer, and get to the section about partitioning, YaST wants to:

'Delete partition /dev/sdb1 (9.77 GB)' (my EISA partition) and

'Delete Windows partition /dev/sdb2 (48.83 GB). Resize impossible due to inconsistent fs. Try checking fs under Windows.'

I already ran dskchk /f in windows and it didn't fix the error. I tried manually creating the partition setup, but then I get an error saying that my /boot partition is after cylinder 1024 and that my BIOS won't support that.

So what do I have to do here to install OpenSUSE 11.1 alongside my already installed version of XP and not delete my EISA partition?

BTW, I ran fdisk -l in the LiveCD app, but I can't copy/paste the results here because the computer isn't hooked up to the internet. Is there any way I could get it connected to the internet in the LiveCD app? I'm on a network here in my office, so I would have to manually enter the IP address, DNS server, subnet mask.

Thanks a ton if anybody can help me with this,
I'm going on 2 days working on this problem now