20G硬盘，如何装Linux

w3jj

1. 20G硬盘分了两个区，4G和16G。
2. 4G分区装了Win98+Redhat 9.0.iso余2.5G。
3. 16G分区有数据6G，余10G。

请问DX，如此可不可以装Linux.如何在不破坏数据的情况下，增加分区。
还有一个问题，如何知道安装界面中/dev/had1或/dev/had2是那个盘（如c盘或D盘，否则格式化掉数据就完了）。

w3jj

还有一个问题，能不能将Linux直接装在C或D盘上。不用重新格式化。

myfisher

直接装在C盘或D盘是肯定不行的，Linux的文件系统的格式和win是不一样的。win是fat32，Linux是ext3。
建议你在多余的10G中重新分区，分5G出来安装RH9.0，为了不丢失数据，可以借助一些工具来帮忙，如PartitionMagic 。
然后直接从硬盘中安装，方法见版内的相关帖子。

w3jj

to myfisher:
PartitionMagic 为什么找不到?有没有下载？另外装Linux是否一定要新增2个空的分区。

EdwardRF

PartitionMagic is a commercial software, of course there is no download. ... find a D version if you really need that.

i suggest borrow another HD and plug into your computer and backup your 6G of data. ( even you've find PQmagic, i still suggest you do this as PQmagic is not always working correctly.) and format yourD:, and install linux. partition it into 3 logical partitions. do not format a disk into fat32 under linux, sometimes it causes your windows slows down.

linux need at least 2 partitons one is for root directory / the other is for swap. (windows use a temporary file for swap)  Of course you can choose to have more partitions so that different directory is on different partition. eg, place /home in another partition.

you can differenciate different partition according their size. in windows 98. C: must be the first primary partition. and in your case d: is the logical partion behind C:.  I believe it is quite obvious isn't it?