Let's see if we can get your situation expressed a bit more clearly. Are you saying the computer you want to install Red Hat on was repartitioned for you by a friend of yours? Or, are you saying that youe used to have another computer once upon a time that someone partitioned for you? If it's the first, you just need to understand how partitions are named to begin your installation. If it's the first, you're done with Partition Magic. You don't need it any more. If it's the second, you still need to learn how to talk about partitions with the right words. As far as Partition Magic is concerned, simply tell it the size you want your various Windows drives to be and it will do the rest. Now, to the issue of how to talk about partitions. Please forget all about C:, D:, and all that alphabet soup from DOS. It won't help you. In fact, it will continue to confuse you. Those are just names that Windows and DOS give to the partitions they see. Obviously, if they don't see a particular partition, they won't give it a letter name, which is part of the reason why talking in those terms isn't going to help. You need to learn a language, and you need to use tools, that show you all partitions, regardless of whether or not a particular OS knows how to use them. Read our Installation HOWTO which you can find at: http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html Please ignore all the parts about downloading iso images from the Speakup Modified site. The HOWTO is a bit old, and you don't need to do that anymore. But, it should help point you toward a better understanding of partitions and how to work with them. The partitioning tools made available during an installation of Red Hat 8.0, which is what you should use, will give you the opportunity to specify what to do with which partition. Obviously, you're job will be to tell it to leave the Windows partitions alone, which it will happily do. Also, your job will be to specify which partitions that remain are to be used in which way. Until you understand this, you're not ready to install. I hope this is helpful to you. Please write again. I'm sure you'll have more questions. Michael Gorman writes: > From: "Michael Gorman" <mpgorman2@xxxxxxxxx> > > Hello all > > I got redhat Linux from there ftp site and want to install it on the > machine I have windows 98SE on. I had this done for me by a friend on my > old pc. He used partition magic and now I have partition magic. I want > to reserve 10 or 15 GB for redhat. I remember when he did it I had a C > and D partition (my D was used for my music for my acb and mikesmess > broadcasts.) but he had both red hat and windows 98SE on the C partition > (he used 10GB 5 for Windows and 5 for Redhat.) I wondered if anyone knows > how I can do that with partition magic so both red hat and windows show up > on the C drive. I know windows could not see the files in the red hat and > red hat could not see the files in the windows. > > I hope I am explaining this well enough for you all to understand, and > hope this is not off topic. Oh yes one more thing when I booted the pc it > shows red hat and gave me a choice for either red hat or windows > > hope someone can help > > > For the best in old time radio and the oldie of the day check out > > http://www.mikesmess.com > > Check out my many internet broadcasts at > > http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?genre=search&searchdesc=mikesmess > > Enjoy -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@xxxxxxx Phone: (202) 408-8175 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list