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mandrake 9.0 installation problem
Name: George Galla Date: January 28, 2003 at 12:26:41 Pacific OS: winxp/mandrake CPU/Ram: celeron566/128
Comment:
Ran into a prob installing mandrake 9.0. Got to the point where I made a partition but it was too small 370mb. Need to go back and make a bigger partition but I don't know how to do this. I need some specific instructions on accomplish this process.
Name: Don Arnett Date: January 28, 2003 at 14:12:53 Pacific
Reply:
One way would be to just redo the installation. It'll give you a chance to change and overwrite the partitions.
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Response Number 2
Name: dahvaio Date: January 28, 2003 at 18:08:18 Pacific
Reply:
One thing to remember when you are installing Mandrake is that there are those little round green and red circles to the left of the install screen telling you at what point you are at during the install. At anytime during the installation process you can just click on one of the circles to go back to that point of the installation. You can only step back. If your at the package install portion and you don't have enough space, just click on the bubble that designates the partitioning and it will take you back to repartition if you want....
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