Hello,
I’m a newbie.
If I install Suse 11.2 on a PC that has Windows 7 installed will Suse partitioning zap or preserve the Windows partitions?
Thanks,
Joe
The SUSE partitioner will not ZAP anything unless you tell it to. But you may not be able to install openSUSE, it will depend on how many Primary partitions win7 is already using. Many pre-installed PC’s and Laptops have a whole jumble that really makes it difficult.
To advise properly we really need to see PROPER partition info. One of the quickes and easiest ways is to download and burn Parted Magic and do this in a RoxTerm
fdisk -l
post result here
Thanks cat!
What is a RoxTerm?
Thanks,
Joe
I think it is obvious when you run the Parted Magic Disk.
Depending on the version of Parted Magic you download it will/may have RoxTerm or another Terminal (LXTerminal)…
Thanks again cat.
I’m not only a newbie but I’m disabled and have vision problems.
I downloaded PM 4.10, burned and ran it but everything was too small or me to read.
I did see a Partition Editor and ran it but could not read it.
Please let me know how to magnify and/or enlarge the font and how to get you the info you need.
Thanks,
Joe
I am really not sure how you can do this in Parted Magic. Did you boot it in Failsafe mode and then xvesa graphics, because that will give you a bigger font / display?
Hello cat,
I am in Parted Magic now.
Running in RAM.
It started itself and gave me a desktop.
I set monitor resolution to 640x480 so I can read it now,
Started network and launched Chromium.
So far so good.
What’s next?
Thanks,
-joeq
open a terminal
type there:
fdisk -l
hit enter, and post results here. You may have to save it to a text file on a pen drive so you don’t have to try typing it all by hand which is not good anyway.
fdisk: invalid option – ‘1’
Usage:
fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s)
fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks
Options:
-b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096)
-c switch off DOS-compatible mode
-h print help
-u <size> give sizes in sectors instead of cylinders
-v print version
-C <number> specify the number of cylinders
-H <number> specify the number of heads
-S <number> specify the number of sectors per track
It’s not a number one
It’s a lower case Letter L
fdisk -l
root@PartedMagic:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe0000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 6 1964 15728640 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 1964 60802 472615936 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xacd2a0a3
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 63742 512000000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 63742 127483 512000000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb3 * 127483 182402 441136128 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe8000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility
/dev/sdc2 6 17458 140183552 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc3 17458 30206 102400000 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sdc4 30206 60802 245760000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc5 17458 30206 102397952 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdd: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 62 sectors/track, 7413 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15810 * 512 = 8094720 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x20202020
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 15 112423+ 0 Empty
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdd2 15 7414 58492664+ b W95 FAT32
root@PartedMagic:~#
OK
First let me say, I have to go in a minute - but will be back later. But there are plenty of others who can help you.
You need to tell us about all your disks
sda
sdb
sdc
sdd
all 4 of them
Tell us what is on each of them. If they are internal or external. As much info as you can give to the extent that you know and understand.
There are 3 physical SATA drives in a dual-boot Dell XPS-410 PC.
All are NTFS.
The 4th drive is my iPod.
Disk 0 - 500GB
Logical Drives:
C - 450GB - Windows 7 Ultimate + Data Files
R - 15GB - Dell Recovery Partition
Disk 1 - 1.5TB
Logical Drives:
D - 488GB - Data Files + Backups
E - 488GB - Data Files + Backups
F - 420GB - Data Files + Backups
Disk 2 - 500GB
Logical Drives:
G - 133GB - Data Files + Backup
H - 234GB - Windows Vista Ultimate + Data Files
X - 97GB - Empty
Disk 3 - iPod - 60GB
Hope this helps.
Suse could be installed on X.
Suse could be installed on X.
Do you mean sdc5?
Yes
Then you need to think about boot order and grub placement
sdc - yes
I don’t know enough to say if it’s 5.
I’m clueless about boot order and grun placement.
because you identify this by partition size, this may help to ensure you choose the correct partition
parted -l
run this in the same way as you ran fdisk -l
Tjanks for your reply dvhenry.
root@PartedMagic:~# parted -l
Model: ATA WDC WD5000AAKS-7 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 41.1MB 41.1MB primary fat16
2 41.9MB 16.1GB 16.1GB primary ntfs
3 16.1GB 500GB 484GB primary ntfs boot
Model: ATA ST31500341AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 524GB 524GB primary ntfs
2 524GB 1049GB 524GB primary ntfs
3 1049GB 1500GB 452GB primary ntfs boot
Model: ATA ST3500641AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 41.1MB 41.1MB primary fat16
2 41.9MB 144GB 144GB primary ntfs
3 144GB 248GB 105GB extended lba
5 144GB 248GB 105GB logical ntfs
4 248GB 500GB 252GB primary ntfs
Model: Apple iPod (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 60.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 115MB 60.0GB 59.9GB primary fat32
Error: /dev/sr1: unrecognised disk label
root@PartedMagic:~#
sdc5 looks correct to me,
does a total size of 105GB look to you like the partition you call X
X - 97GB - Empty
What would be best here is delete sdc5 with Parted Magic
Then with the free space make
swap 2GB
/ 20GB
/home (all the remaining space)