[techtalk] Re: Caldera Open Linux eDesktop 2.4 Installation

[Caitlyn Martin]

Hi, Keith,

OK, I know exactly what is happening.  What it is asking for is the 
registered version (the one that costs money) of Partition Magic.  The copy 
provided with Caldera OpenLinux 2.4 is very, very limited.  It doesn't like 
your FAT32 partition.  You're trying to shrink your Windows partition to 
install Linux side-by-side, right?  

You have three options:  1) Actually beg, borrow, buy, or steal a copy of 
Partition Magic or any other equivalent program, 2) add a second hard drive 
and install Linux on that, leaving your Windows drive intact.  I highly 
recommend this option, as there is little or no chance of destroying your 
Windows stuff this way, or 3) Use a distribution of Linux that can install 
into your existing FAT32 partition without having a partition of it's own 
(i.e.: Red Hat Linux 7.1).

In any case, it isn't going to work with what you have if you want to keep 
Windows intact.

Sorry for that less than helpful answer.

All the best,
Caity
>
> I put the CD in for the binaries and installation.  It spins up, starts
> winsetup.exe and I get Welcome screen, but not the exact screen that is
> shown in the book.  When I click on the PowerQuest Utilities to install
> PartitionMagic, I get an error message that tells me that I need the
> 'Registered' version to continue.  This causes  winsetup.exe to close and
> I am back to the Win98 desktop.
>