Mandrake 9.2 on Presario 2100

mendoza · 12-05-2003, 01:10 AM

When I install Mdk9.2 and choose to use the free space from my winXP partition, I get a "ntfs resize failed" message... Help!

salparadise · 12-05-2003, 01:30 AM

is it xp home or pro???

cus, as far as i know, xp home locks the partition and does not allow resizing.

kyoshiro · 12-05-2003, 02:16 AM

Mendoza , i got ure email but i got a pb with my mail client yesterday so i couldn't reply

in fact i've formated my system and i didn't let windoz on it
presario 2100 with Xp home is "locked" u can't resize partitions

mendoza · 12-05-2003, 03:57 AM

Thanks to both of you. So I have to format my hd

Could you indicate me the easier way to make the partitions?
Can install Mdk first and then winXP on a second partion?
Mendo

VictorCL · 12-05-2003, 04:14 AM

I had that problem too , so I had to partition and install everything again

, but after I've installed windows xp again , I don't know how to enable the powenow feature, does anyone knows how to do it?

kyoshiro · 12-06-2003, 07:13 AM

Yeah mendoza u probably can install Xp after installing linux , you'll have a dual boot in lilo or grub, and it may work fine - i did it before without problems

btw, where do u come from ?

mendoza · 12-07-2003, 03:36 AM

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Originally posted by kyoshiro
Yeah mendoza u probably can install Xp after installing linux , you'll have a dual boot in lilo or grub, and it may work fine - i did it before without problems

I finally found a way to keep my old XP installation

. I used Partition Magic 8.0. I also found out that I had to remove the password to winXP before being able to partition it.
Now I have the (classical) ACPI and PCMCIA problems, but I will make a new post for these ones. Thanks again

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btw, where do u come from ?

Nice, France

electronic spar · 12-24-2003, 04:59 PM

I had a problem with partitioning my 40gb hd with partition magic (6,7,8) until I ran this cmd in dos mode
chkdsk /f
and rebooted (that's when the command is executed)
After that I could repartition my hd how ever I liked to.

Hope that helps.

My spec Compaq Presario 2175ca
OS XP PRO

michlham · 12-30-2003, 05:15 PM

First you need defragment the disk. Then at the command prompt run
chkdsk c: -f

The -f option tells chkdsk to fix whatever it finds that need fixing. I had the same problem and I was able to resize no problem with one exception. I did have to go in and delete some large files (like my mandrake downloads) to free up enough space to resize smaller than it was originally permitting me to.

(if you are doing this on a laptop, you may run into another problem like the boot process freezing when loading the pcmcia support.)

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Originally posted by mendoza
When I install Mdk9.2 and choose to use the free space from my winXP partition, I get a "ntfs resize failed" message... Help!

pfalco · 02-17-2004, 07:55 AM

Hello community, I have a problem with the installation of ACPI. I didn't know anything about the necessity "to patch" the kernel to allow ACPI working correctly. So I have installed ACPI and when I rebooted my laptop the boot procedure failed very soon because no DSDT is found in initrd. I have created both a floppy and cd bootable (using the command dd for the floppy and zdisk for the cd) but the laptop doesn't work at all !!! Any suggestion ? Thank you in advance for help

michlham · 04-12-2004, 07:27 PM

I had the same problem. I even tried the patch stuff I read about the same places that you are. All you have to do is follow the instructions on this page.

http://www.pantropy.net/linux/laptop/tuxtop.html

Since you are not able to boot since your installation, you may have to reinstall and make sure that you disable ACPI during the installation. I used this page to recompile after installation and my computer is very quiet an power management works now.

mendoza · 04-13-2004, 12:14 AM

In Mandrake 10 you don't need anymore to use a patch. The acpi support is included in the kernels.

kyoshiro · 04-14-2004, 05:37 AM

that's good news

I suppose the 2.6 kernel included in the Mdk 10 helps

mendoza · 04-14-2004, 11:50 AM

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Originally posted by kyoshiro
that's good news

I suppose the 2.6 kernel included in the Mdk 10 helps

Yes, by the way the official release went out today. The problem is that the ATI radeon 320M graphica card does not support 3D acceleration still ....

I found this page but I was not able to understand the right procedure.

kyoshiro · 04-15-2004, 07:47 AM

You need to recompile your kernel & X , apply a patch and so on.

Read the AGP and 3D on 2.4 kernel sections , others sections aren't as useful as those i think