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Trouble installing fedora 20

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  • SSD
  • Partition
  • Fedora
  • Windows 8
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August 3, 2014 9:34:55 AM

I have a 120GB SSD
one 350MB partition
a 99GB one with windows 8 on it
and a 20GB one (For fedora)

when I get to install Fedora from a USB stick I get to the part where you have to select a disk to install to.
I clicked the SSD, under the icon it says "20GB Free
yet it pops up saying "0B free" and that I need so much GB for installation?
please help!

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August 3, 2014 10:17:11 AM

You should probably delete the 20 GB partition and make it "unallocated" space. Then Fedora can divide it up the way it wants. I'm pretty sure that Linux needs a base partition, then also a swap partition, and possibly a 3rd partition (I can't remember, it's been a long time since I installed Linux). But I know for a fact that it needs a swap partition, and if you specify the existing 20 GB as the main install partition then there isn't any left over for a swap partition.

So maybe the solution is to not specify the entire 20 GB as the primary Linux partition, but leave some left over for a swap file partition.
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August 3, 2014 11:19:18 AM

Fedora needs a /boot partition, a / one and a swap one. You have not left space for this, so you need to delete the partition you have created for Linux and let the installer do the partitioning (always the best procedure). Now an additional complication - unless your disk is partitioned as GPT (rather than MBR) you can only have 4 primary partitions. So if you have an MBR partitioned disk you will need to create an extended partition and let the Fedora installer create logical volumes within it.
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August 3, 2014 11:27:45 AM

mbreslin1954 said:
You should probably delete the 20 GB partition and make it "unallocated" space. Then Fedora can divide it up the way it wants. I'm pretty sure that Linux needs a base partition, then also a swap partition, and possibly a 3rd partition (I can't remember, it's been a long time since I installed Linux). But I know for a fact that it needs a swap partition, and if you specify the existing 20 GB as the main install partition then there isn't any left over for a swap partition.

So maybe the solution is to not specify the entire 20 GB as the primary Linux partition, but leave some left over for a swap file partition.


Ijack said:
Fedora needs a /boot partition, a / one and a swap one. You have not left space for this, so you need to delete the partition you have created for Linux and let the installer do the partitioning (always the best procedure). Now an additional complication - unless your disk is partitioned as GPT (rather than MBR) you can only have 4 primary partitions. So if you have an MBR partitioned disk you will need to create an extended partition and let the Fedora installer create logical volumes within it.


it is partitioned as MBR.
Could you give instructions on how to create an extended partition and then how this would effect installing fedora?
thanks
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August 3, 2014 1:54:59 PM

I'm pretty sure that you can do it all within the Fedora installer, or you can use Disk Management in Windows to create an extended partition. I recommend that you read the Fedora installation document - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Inst...
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