Partitioning prior to dual boot installation of Debian and Windows ME
I have a 40 GB hard drive and I am in the process of
partitioning it and reinstalling Windows ME in
expectation of installing Patatoe 2.2r3 when I receive
the CDs from Cheapbytes. I have been generally trying
to follow directions provided in Linux Partitioning
mini-FAQ by Karsten Self and in Installing Debian 2.2
documentation.
So far I have created on my first HD (39 GB total) one
FAT-16 partition with 30 MB slated for LILO and
possibly DOS. One FAT-32 26 MB extended partition
consisting of two logical drives: one 2 GB the other
24 GB. My plan is to install Windows ME in the 2 GB
partition and use the 24 GB partition for Windows
applications.
There is about 12 GB free remaining space on first HD
which I am planning to use for Debian. Will debian be
able to partition and format this free disk space at
time of installation process? Also in Karsten Self's
mini-FAQ on partitioning he refers to creating 3
primary and 1 logical partitions. Using fdisk I was
only able to create one primary and one extended
partition per hard drive. Am I doing something wrong?
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