ahfunaki Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Well I thought I'd try and install fedora on my computer just because I wanted to mess with linux. Well I tried and it wouldn't let me ( pics posted below ) And now in windows my video card driver wont load and it won't let me reinstall it. I get an error. Can anyone tell me whats wrong and how to fix it? here are the pics from the fedora install... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted April 16, 2004 Author Share Posted April 16, 2004 yea, i really need to get my video card driver back on this thing...it's so choppy without it. by the way it's a radeon 9200... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter1234 Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 use partition magic, free up to 4GB (if you're planning full installation), then go into the setup again and this time do manual partitioning using disk druid. create a /boot and / from the new partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaKeY Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 And now in windows my video card driver wont load and it won't let me reinstall it. I get an error. Can anyone tell me whats wrong and how to fix it? What error do you get in windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted April 16, 2004 Author Share Posted April 16, 2004 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornett Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 That's really strange, I see you have selected 'Use free space' so I can't understand why it has affected your Windows partition at all. I hate to say this but perhaps there is a problem with your disk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CustardFD Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Do you already have four used primary partitions? If so then you have a small problem. To get more than four, one partition has to be a 'comtainer partition' that conains secondary partitions. This is due to the inistial design constraints by (I believe) IBM. Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 16, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 16, 2004 Do you already have four used primary partitions? If so then you have a small problem.To get more than four, one partition has to be a 'comtainer partition' that conains secondary partitions. This is due to the inistial design constraints by (I believe) IBM. Dan. I think Dan is onto the problem. BIOS has restrictions on how it accesses the hard drives. Can you post what your partitioning looks like (Windows & Linux)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checky Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Guessing that the windows Problem is with xp .. to Install the driver, on boot hit F8 and select the option that allows Vga Mode, that will let ya into windows, install ya driver as normal and then reboot, should then allow ya to get back into windows with ya graphics card working and installed, had this problem a few times with Ati cards, just make sure ya select the correct driver for it otherwise it has a habbit of freezing Windows, if freezing occurs go back into Vga mode and play around with which Driver is installed Hope that helps the Windows side, no idea on Linux Checky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemical Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 i think you can have only up to 3 or 4 primary partitions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Gil Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 IDE HD's allow only a max of 4 primary partitions. If linux has trouble creating / it's because your hd's are already using the maximum allowed primary partition limit. try reducing your primary partitions using extended ones for instance. This is just a probable cause, no guarantees to it being your solution. As for the windows problem, it has nothing to do with linux. just take it out and put it again in :) it just might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted April 16, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 16, 2004 this is really the core 2? os is it the test 1.90? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kongit Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 ,Apr 16 2004, 08:28] this is really the core 2? os is it the test 1.90? core 2 isn't out yet, so it has to one of the tests. Unless :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted April 16, 2004 Author Share Posted April 16, 2004 (edited) it's the test... to Install the driver, on boot hit F8 and select the option that allows Vga Mode, that will let ya into windows, install ya driver as normal and then reboot, should then allow ya to get back into windows with ya graphics card working and installed, had this problem a few times with Ati cards, just make sure ya select the correct driver for it otherwise it has a habbit of freezing Windows, if freezing occurs go back into Vga mode and play around with which Driver is installed when i hit f8 it just lets me change the boot order... And I'm not seeing anywheere in the bios that will let me change it... bahh this sucks Edited April 16, 2004 by ahfunaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsquirle Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 I don't actually know what could have gone wrong with your Windows, but IF you're using Windows XP, maybe you could try System Restore (if it's enabled). For that Linux problem, if you need to change your partition table, I can always recommend Powerquest Partition Magic. EDIT: you could also take a look at the add/remove options at the control panel. if the driver of your videocard is there, you can try to uninstall it. then reboot and try a clean installation. (just a suggestion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted April 16, 2004 Author Share Posted April 16, 2004 I have uninstalled it, done system restores and still no good :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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