[SOLVED] 2011.6 KDE Live CD no G-Parted

[Frits]

Would like to install but I cannot find or install G-Parted to remove my Mint install and to get "unallocated" space. For me the only and easy way to make a clean install, because I do not like to mess with partitions during the install.

What can I do? Use G-Parted in Mint to delete the partitions and then start the Live CD?

[luikki]

or you can boot the live cd... install pclinuxos...partitioning the hdd as you wish...

[menotu]

You could download the GParted LiveCD, burn to CD and boot with that and setup your partitions.

Here's the GP site

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php

[Frits]

I can do the same with Mint and then shut down and restart with the live CD. But where is G-Parted?

[menotu]

I can do the same with Mint and then shut down and restart with the live CD. But where is G-Parted?

Okay, do it with Mint then.

GParted is in the repos.

[scoundrel]

if you have nothing else on the hard drive, just have the install take over the hard drive and do its own partitioning

[SpinheadMickey]

 Isn't there a partition tool in PCC? PCC->Local disks->Manage Disk Partitions?

[Just17]

Isn't there a partition tool in PCC? PCC->Local disks->Manage Disk Partitions?

Yes.

also could not GParted be installed to the live session and used from there?

[Neal ManBear]

Isn't there a partition tool in PCC? PCC->Local disks->Manage Disk Partitions?

Yes.

also could not GParted be installed to the live session and used from there?

Yes, that can be done, if there is sufficient RAM to install it. 1GB or more should do it.

[Old-Polack]

Would like to install but I cannot find or install G-Parted to remove my Mint install and to get "unallocated" space. For me the only and easy way to make a clean install, because I do not like to mess with partitions during the install.

What can I do? Use G-Parted in Mint to delete the partitions and then start the Live CD?

If the partitions used for your Mint install are of adequate size, there's no need to repartition. Just choose to use the existing partitions and let the installer reformat them during the new installation.

[Texstar]

 Use diskdrake from the PCLinuxOS LiveCD.

[Archie]

Would like to install but ...

Seriously?? Then you ought to know that Linux has a lot of available options and THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM at all. Run the installer and you ought to be able to repartition, reformat, resize whichever partitions you like. And if that's not enough and you'd want to even assign partitions, i.e. sda1, sda2, sda3, etc. instead of sda1, sda5, sda6, etc you should also have cfdisk available on the LiveCD.

[Frits]

Thank you all for your support.

As I mentioned earlier in my topic I do not like to mess with partitions during the install. The chance to make mistakes is almost 100% for me. I do not have experience with partitioning. That is wy I choose to do it with g-parted or diskdrake (thanks Textar) and delete the Mint installation completely so only "unallocated" remains. After that the install is a piece of cake is my experience.

And now how I did it: Started the Live CD and started as Root. Opened Synaptic, pressed "reload" and installed G-Parted. The rest was a piece of cake for me.

Now PClinuxOS 2011.6 KDE is running fine and fast (!) in a dualboot on my MediaPC.

Now Add Locale, Libre Office, updates etc.

[Archie]

You'll never know unless you try. And you will learn better from the mistakes you make.   

Just something for you to think about.