Greetings!
I have a 350 GB hard drive with the following:
C: Windows XP (Service Pack 3) NTFS 100 GB
D: Programs/Apps/Data from Windows installed here. NTFS 100 GB
F: 97 GB partiton created via EASUS FAT32
I want to install OpenSUSE to the F: drive. OpenSUSE wants to shrink the Windows Partition to 42 GB. I know 100 is more than needed, and if it is best, I will let SUSE ‘shrink’ the partition. At this time, I’d like to try to install SUSE to the F drive/partition. I don’t care if SUSE wants to further partition that space. Can I direct SUSE to just make use of the one partition, or is it better to let SUSE make use of the space on the C drive?
I’ve been searching for directions on the 'net, but have not found anything which quite addresses this situation.
Thank you!
On Thu, 10 May 2012 19:06:02 +0000, AegisNova wrote:
> C: Windows XP (Service Pack 3) NTFS 100 GB D: Programs/Apps/Data from
> Windows installed here. NTFS 100 GB F: 97 GB partiton created via EASUS
> FAT32
Remove this partition and tell the installer to install to unpartitioned
space.
Linux doesn’t really run in FAT32, it has its own filesystems.
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
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On 2012-05-10 21:06, AegisNova wrote:
> I want to install OpenSUSE to the F: drive. OpenSUSE wants to shrink
> the Windows Partition to 42 GB. I know 100 is more than needed, and if
> it is best, I will let SUSE ‘shrink’ the partition. At this time, I’d
> like to try to install SUSE to the F drive/partition. I don’t care if
> SUSE wants to further partition that space. Can I direct SUSE to just
> make use of the one partition, or is it better to let SUSE make use of
> the space on the C drive?
You can do anything you like with the expert mode. If you want the
installer to give a proposal directly using that space, you have first to
remove that 97 GB partition, so that it is seen as “free”.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
All right, Jim – that makes sense, now that I think about it!!! I can’t yet remove the C: and Windows XP, as my work requires a Windows environment. I remember seeing ext4 and another file system which I should remember, but don’t I should’ve remembered to have it as free space!
Carlos, you’ve reinforced this, and I thank you for taking time. I will be careful, and try to let the installer do its work before I dive into Expert mode, which I certainly am not at this point. I’ll let you know results.
Thank you both!