Installing Knoppix on One Windows Partitioned Hard Drive

**nmitchell** · 07-10-2005, 02:19 PM

Hey, I just posted this in the HDD Install Forum but I thiink it might be better served here:

I'm running Windows 2000 and Windows recognizes that my single hard drive is partitioned into C and D. D is completely unformatted with nothing on it. However, there is only one physical drive, I originally did the partitioning during the Windows 2000 installation.

How can I install Knoppix to the D drive? I don't want to wipe away my C drive but it didn't allow a D to be selected when it came to the hard drive selection.

Also, I think I accidently clicked Okay when I was pressing quit and it said that my C disc was Read - Only and I didn't have the permissions.

Can anyone help?

**oscar** · 07-10-2005, 03:50 PM

create 2 partitions in D:
one ext3 partition 5GB or more
one swap partition 1GB or less (128MB minimum)

I like Norton Ghost for this job but in knoppix CD there is qtparted tool

**UnderScore** · 07-10-2005, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by nmitchell

Can anyone help?

I answered your questions in the HD install forum which is where this post belongs.

**oscar** · 07-10-2005, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by UnderScore

Originally Posted by nmitchell

Can anyone help?

I answered your questions in the HD install forum which is where this post belongs.

but in your answer there is not a word about MS Windows tools for partitioning ( Ghost, Paragon Manager etc)
why?

... pienso que el que está meando fuera del tarro es Ud. ...

**UnderScore** · 07-10-2005, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by oscar

but in your answer there is not a word about MS Windows tools for partitioning ( Ghost, Paragon Manager etc)
why?

... pienso que el que está meando fuera del tarro es Ud. ...

The Windows partitioning tools can only make blank partitions & can not format a partition for Linux.
The knoppix installer will automatically start qtparted to partition the HD.
Reading the HD Install HowTo and watching a flash video is very educational & explains the need for not just 1 partition but 2 partitions.

You provided no help to this user and instead have wasted time to critque me.

Usted es demasiado divertido.

**oscar** · 07-10-2005, 11:28 PM

[quote="UnderScore"]

Originally Posted by oscar

The Windows partitioning tools can only make blank partitions & can not format a partition for Linux.
.

¿are you kidding or is something worse?

...but I am wrong too... I am talking about Partition Manager or Paragon Manager (btw there is a linux version of Paragon Manager too)
Ghost is for backup as almost everybody knows including me...

...sigue meando fuera del tarro...