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Posted by : Guest
Oracle Enterprise Linux installation problem
Hello, 

 I followed instructions in http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/linux/OracleEnterpriseLinux5Insta.... 
After clicking on "next" in step 5, I got the following error message: 

"Could not allocate requested partitions: 
Partitioning failed: Could not allocate partitions as primary 
partitions. 
Not enough space left to create partition for /boot." 

My laptop consists of Window XP Home installed on C drive which has 
about 70G free, and a partitioned, empty (no OS installed) D drive 
which has about 20G free, and a backup "RECOVERY" E drive previously 
partitioned by Dell. I was hopping to get a dialog box asking for 
selection of the correct drive to install 'nux in during the 
installation process and at that point I would select drive D, but 
this step never came. Could someone explain what I was missing? TIA. 

I think this is a great user group, by the way. As a newbie, I found 
myself learning quite a bit by just reading comments/inputs from the 
experts on here to whom I like to express my gratitude. I hope someday 
I will know enough to contribute the same.
 
 
Posted by : Guest
Re : Oracle Enterprise Linux installation problem
Welcome! I wrote a little mini-faq for newbies: http://dbaoracle.net/readme-cdos.htm 

You can also contact the author of the instructions you followed, it 
sounds like you didn't see his step 7? I wouldn't know, I haven't 
tried it.
 
 
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