I created on 4G hard disk, using msdos fdisk 1600Mg primary partition and installed there Win95 (Fat32). The rest of the HD was left "untouched" by msdos fdisk.
Then during the debian2.0 installation I created primary partition hda2 as a native linux (1400Mg) and hda3 (100MG) as a swap. On rest part of HD I would like to install some other OS e.g. some other distribution of Linux (rethat) or NT. I would like also redhat to use the hda3 partition as a swap (which name I changed to hda4). Now I would like to create primary partition hda3 as a native linux, which I'll mount under already installed debian2.0 or on which I'll install redhat. Using fdisk (linux) I got the following partition table: Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 1 204 1638598+ b Unknown /dev/hda2 205 205 382 1429785 83 Linux native /dev/hda3 383 383 510 1028160 83 Linux native /dev/hda4 511 511 523 104422+ 82 Linux swap Unfortunately after the command 'w' Command (m for help): w I got the message: The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks. Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated. WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional information. The command: mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda3 gives information mke2fs 1.10, 24-Apr-97 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 /dev/hda3: Not enough space to build proposed filesystem while setting up superblock I am sorry for such long description. Could someone please explain to me how I can create the partition hda3 on which I would like to install redhat (or NT) or just mount it under debian. For now when I boot.bat under Win95 (msdos mode) from redhat CD-ROM, "redhat" refuses to create and initiate hda3 as root file system, and only suggests hda2 to mount as a root file system. If I have to reinstall all systems could someone tell how make a partitioning of the the HD to be able to install the three OS's Win95, debian, redhat (or NT). Thanks in advance Jan Krupa
