On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Adam Tong <helpcomm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I cannot install fedora 15 in my new laptop. > > the laptop is preinstalled with win7 family edition. > > Had only one partition created a new one with a free win software "Minitool partition wizard home edition". > > At the time of partitionning during the installation process it blocks giving me a message that it cannot allocate enough free space. > > Here is what i see: > > sda1 1500 ntfs > sda2 307240 ntfs > sda3 158669 Extended > sda5 141674 ntfs > sda6 16992 extended > sda4 9529 ntfs > > I choose "create custom layout" then sda3, then selected / as the standard partition mount point > > and the exact error messaage is: "Could not allocate requested partitions: not enough free space on disks" > > Thank you You can only have 4 primary partitions per disk. Plus all your partitions are formatted as NTFS. Where did you want to install Fedora? Delete sda3 and/or sda4 if you do not need the space for Windows and leave as unallocated space. Point the Fedora installer at that unallocated disk space when you do your install. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
