If you have a DOS (FAT) filesystem, first make sure you have a DOS (FAT)
partition with enough free space to dedicate to this installation.
Since you will not be adding partitions or creating new partitions,
you do not need to do much with Disk Druid
(a GUI partitioning tool).
When Disk Druid's main screen appears, you
will see a list of your DOS (FAT) partitions (see Figure B-1). Choose a DOS (FAT) partition
with enough available free space to install your choice of
installation classes. Highlight the partition by clicking on it with
your mouse or by using the [Tab], [Up]
and [Down] keys.
Once the desired partition is highlighted, choose
Edit. A new window will appear allowing you to
name this partition (see Figure B-2). In the mount
point field, label this partition as /
(known as root) and click Ok.
A confirmation window (see Figure B-3)
appears next, asking you to confirm that you want to continue with
this installation. It explains that you cannot have any Linux
partitions on your system other than the /
labeled DOS partition you have just created. Click
Yes to continue.
Next, you will be able to determine the root filesystem size and the
swap size of this / partition.
The installation program will determine the maximum size for the root
filesystem (Figure B-4). You can make
the root filesystem anything you would like, as long as it does not
exceed the maximum size recommendation.
The size you set for the root filesystem is the amount of disk space
available for the entire filesystem (this means that you need to keep
in mind the size of the installation class as well as allow space for
writing and saving data).
Swap space acts like virtual memory. In other words, data is written
to a swap partition when there is not enough RAM to store the data
your system is processing. The installation program will set swap to
32 MB as a default. You can choose to increase the swap size if
desired, but there is no need to create a swap space larger than 256
MB.
From this point on, you can continue following the main installation
chapter (see the section called Network Configuration in Chapter 4) for further
installation instructions. The only difference you will see after this
is a screen prompting you to create a boot disk. Once you make the
boot disk and follow the other instructions, your installation will be
complete.
To access Red Hat Linux, make sure the boot disk that you created during the
installation is in your floppy drive. When you reboot your system it
will boot into Red Hat Linux rather than your other OS. To access your other
OS, remove the boot disk and reboot your system.
To remove this partitionless installation, you will need to delete the
following files from your DOS/Windows partition:
These files can be found in the partition's root directory (known as
\ under DOS/Windows.)
Once these files have been removed, Red Hat Linux will no longer boot on your
system. Your system will return to its previous state and you will be
able to access the space used by Red Hat Linux as you normally would.
