(Solved) Problem creating partition

[OrdiDoc]

I'm trying to install PCLinux OS 2010 PPE, i get to the partitioning part, tried to create a 50 Gig boot partition and i already have an error message. How should i do this any suggestion will be helpful.

After the boot partition is created i need a swap and home partition but if i can create the first one i should be ok after that.

[djohnston]

What is the error message?

[Old-Polack]

I'm trying to install PCLinux OS 2010 PPE, i get to the partitioning part, tried to create a 50 Gig boot partition and i already have an error message. How should i do this any suggestion will be helpful.

After the boot partition is created i need a swap and home partition but if i can create the first one i should be ok after that.

A boot partition is a small partition one may choose to create to hold the kernels and such that are in the /boot directory. The partition, once filled can then be left unmounted, to provide a safe environment where the kernel and other files are not subject to being overwritten accidentally. Normally boot partitions are less than 100 MB, and never in the range of 50 GB.

If what you are actually talking about is a / partition, then please use the correct terminology. (root partition) If you actually tried to create a / partition and used the /boot mountpoint in the partitioning tool, you should get an error message.

[OrdiDoc]

Thanks djohnston and old-polack

Actually i re-tried to do the partitions, first i created a 50 Gig partition mounted only with "/", then created a swap partition and a /home one.

I don't know if it was right, after i installed PCLinux PPE, i did the updates using Synaptic and while i was doing it i played with the partitions in the Control Center so i screw it up. On reboot it was giving me more error messages so i'm going to reformat the drive entirely and reinstall PCLinux again but not the PPE for now. I'll wait until i have another spare drive to do it so i'm not going to use my good Linux drive.

Thanks again, for now i'll reinstall using only the "use the entire drive" or something like that option so my boot partition will be 12.01 Gig again...

Lots of fun here, the learning process will be both fun and painful.....sometimes 

[OrdiDoc]

I have another post here: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,75160.msg619000.html#msg619000 so maybe i'll use that post to go further on, not necessary to have the same questions in 2 places....sorry my bad

[Old-Polack]

Thanks djohnston and old-polack

Actually i re-tried to do the partitions, first i created a 50 Gig partition mounted only with "/", then created a swap partition and a /home one.

I don't know if it was right, after i installed PCLinux PPE, i did the updates using Synaptic and while i was doing it i played with the partitions in the Control Center so i screw it up. On reboot it was giving me more error messages so i'm going to reformat the drive entirely and reinstall PCLinux again but not the PPE for now. I'll wait until i have another spare drive to do it so i'm not going to use my good Linux drive.

Thanks again, for now i'll reinstall using only the "use the entire drive" or something like that option so my boot partition will be 12.01 Gig again...

Lots of fun here, the learning process will be both fun and painful.....sometimes 

I don't think the problem was with the installation but with your diddling with the partitions while it was updating. There should be no reason to be messing with the partitions once you have a working installation. You can add new ones if you wish, for other purposes, but don't do so while upgrading. I add and remove partitions all the time, but I do so with the command line fdisk, and I use the command line mkfs application for formatting the partitions. When I install something, I choose Use Existing Partitions, and point to the ones I want used and tell it where I want the partitions mounted. I don't let any of the partitions be reformatted by the installer.

This installation is on a 30 GB / partition, formatted with the ext4 filesystem. My smallest / partition is 12 GB, my largest 48 GB. The size depends on what I plan to do with that particular installation.

The first rule to remember when you get error messages is don't panic. Post the exact error message, and ask what the error messages mean, and what processes might be available to alleviate the situation. In most cases whatever is wrong can be fixed, and you'll learn something valuable in the process. Destroying all you've built, and starting over teaches you nothing. Fixing things is where you learn. 

[OrdiDoc]

Thanks again old-polack,

I just want to say that i didn't panic, because i'm doing it for the first time of course i have some concerns and finally i got what i wanted meaning the partition size that i needed. I have a 320 Gig drive so why not using it all and that's what i did, 50 Gig for "/", 9 Gig for swap and the rest for /home and it's working.

Now i have another problem but it's already posted in the Software forum, i installed a pae kernel and now it's hanging on the blue screen with the bull going nowhere. I'm on the live CD now so if you have a chance to take a look at the posting and thanks again for your time

[Old-Polack]

Thanks again old-polack,

I just want to say that i didn't panic, because i'm doing it for the first time of course i have some concerns and finally i got what i wanted meaning the partition size that i needed. I have a 320 Gig drive so why not using it all and that's what i did, 50 Gig for "/", 9 Gig for swap and the rest for /home and it's working.

Now i have another problem but it's already posted in the Software forum, i installed a pae kernel and now it's hanging on the blue screen with the bull going nowhere. I'm on the live CD now so if you have a chance to take a look at the posting and thanks again for your time

Quick explanation, press the Esc key to see what's happening. When you install a new kernel, the first boot of that kernel will cause dkms to rebuild all the modules needed for that specific kernel. This takes a while, and you can watch the progress. If there is a problem with the kernel it could also panic, and the machine will be frozen, but if that happens, all the lights on your keyboard will usually be flashing. When ever you want to see what's happening during the boot cycle, press the Esc key. If you always want to see the boot messages, add splash=verbose to the boot stanza in /boot/grub/menu.lst.

[OrdiDoc]

It seems that i had to wait a bit longer, working now.

Thanks again for everything