On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 05:07:44PM +1030, michael wright wrote: > > Hi Fred sounds like you know what your doing for sure well, I've done this before. > > this is my harddrive My C: Dive NTFS 1.13TB Used 45.74GB Unused 1.09 TB System Primary > > do I need to to create two partitions one for the bootdual and the other for centos just asking that's all. if I wish to use 500 GB how do I put that into a volume mike just make sure the installer doesn't touch your existing partitions... you can explicitly exclude them during the partitioning phase, then let it partition the empty space as it likes, or force it to do it your own way. You don't NEED a separate boot partition, but it's not a bad idea to use one. > > Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 21:24:17 -0400 > > From: fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us > > To: centos at centos.org > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] (no subject) > > > > On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 05:32:05PM -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > > > On 6/8/2015 5:21 PM, michael wright wrote: > > > >Hi I am running windows 7 professional and the lastest centos7 x86 now if I wish to partition the hard since I have 2TB harddrive what volume would I need to set that at many thanks mike > > > > > > > > > > > > windows 7 defaults to creating a partition on the entire disk and > > > leaving no free unpartitioned space. that leaves you with nowhere > > > to install anything else. > > > > > > > that's not hard to fix with the gparted live CD. > > 1. boot windows, defrag the partition(s). > > 2. shut down windows. > > 3. boot gparted live > > 4. in my experience the "main" windows partition is nearest the end, > > so using gparted, shrink it enough to leave adequate space for > > Centos. I won't go into how to use gparted, it's not hard, so you > > can surely figure it out (I did!:) > > 5. boot windows and let it do its thing with "repairing" the disk. > > 6. run your Centos installer, being sure NOT to let it mess with > > your windows partition(s). > > 7. see my other note about how to get it to dual boot with windows. > > > > > > -- > > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- > > "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his > > glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior > > be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before > > all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." > > ----------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 (niv) ----------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ---------------------------- Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. ----------------------------- Isaiah 40:28 (niv) -----------------------------