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I think that I had same problem some time ago. First I shrinked Windows partition with gparted on Ubuntu* CD. When I tried to create new partition for Debian, it said something like "You have too many primary partitions. The maximum of primary partitions is 4. You can create multiple partitions by removing one partition and creating a new 'extended partition'. I did this and I was able to create partition for Debian and swap partition. (*I'm not familiar with text mode install partitioning which Debian uses so I used gparted in Ubuntu CD to make sure that I won't accidentally remove Windows partition.) I hope that this helps. On 06.02.2012 18:36, Arief M Utama wrote: > Hi all, > > > I thought I'm already a veteran user until I discovered I know > almost nothing about this problem today :-D > > Got a problem here, I have a laptop with pre-installed windows, > the partition scheme is more-or-less like this: > > - 100M partition (hidden) - seems like a Windows-helper partition > (I read something about it, forgotten now) - ~960 GB Windows > partition - ~20GB Recovery partion - ~10M another part of recovery > partition > > When I tried to install debian, What I did was shrinking the 960GB > partition to ~900GB, then I thought I could have ~60GB for linux. > > But then it said the free space is unusable, I cant do any > partitioning on it. > > Anyone familiar with this problem? Is this something to do about > the partition table can't handle large disk size issue? > > Any help and pointers are appreciated. > > Please CC me on your replies as I am not subscribed to debian-user > currently. > > Thanks :-) > > > All the best. -arief > > - -- Mika Suomalainen > gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 03D41B0D C0151D5C > gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 8751C396 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPMAerAAoJEGfQ7zLAFR1cvYkH/2BMwR4zGcV/+4BmwkXBHLHp QJG9EPXXqvaMPG9q99PvbLZpwm89pLUfwTBjHJOQm9caIljvG3RUGwbZ5q9xy0k+ NHmZtV7WMyYQbzfUVB39dgvUmXs4Vf8k6IViY4exGRBz2DB/1mMwlk57BNw2MXhy VBjNaLO6jRZdxO6UPk9nEqig5oHkN15KgDKfFa63HcwNhP9a1YD033Da+OlSO8M/ 0dHdtrP28LxtJllBQ8ucN3k3U/eSjeC4OVJotusoFYu1owlnw1uUmTpmQuxttlQ3 5vCPqviTCLSY+lc2pisEuBIbD3UbHIGga6fggFDMYTinCcoeZdJpVHySiQmwdqs= =nGuV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f3007c7.3000...@gmail.com
