Adding Linux (RedHat 8.0) to a Win2000 Laptop -- Help!

[as400javamike]

Hi. I have Win2000 installed on my laptop. I have Partition Magic 8.0 installed. I have created a new Linux partition after the Win2000 partition. I need to install the Red Hat 8.0 in the new partition. My partitions are as follows:
1. Primary Win2000 partition
2. Linux swap partition
3. Linux partition
4. Boot Magic partition

What I need to do is install the Red Hat version on the Linux partition. I tried to install from the CD, but when I was presented with the options for formatting and creating partitions, I did not know what to select. Red Hat help is not very specific in this area. Any ideas/help?

Thanks in advance....

Mike

 

[Jasen]

Linux drive/partition naming conventions aren't too complex. Your primary master is hda, primary slave hdb, secondary master hdc, etc. Partitions are numbered 1-x after that. The full name for the first partition on the first drive would be /dev/hda1. If what you say is correct you want to install Redhat onto /dev/hda3.
Technically, you should make seperate partitions for /, /usr, /home, and others, but in the most simple of installs you can simply specify a root folder only, which would be "/".
So tell the installer that /dev/hda2 is swap, and then tell it that /dev/hda3 is mount point "/". ________
Remember, you're unique... just like everyone else.

 

[as400javamike]

Thanks for the info -- Do you know how to specify the partition during the Red Hat 8.0 installation procedure?