Centos Dual boot

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ajmalzahir
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Centos Dual boot

Post by ajmalzahir » 2017/06/05 16:22:07

Hi ,
I am trying to dual boot windows 8.1 and CentOS 7. I have windows 8.1 installed and i have tried installing centos from a flash drive but my Hard drive free space doesn't show up . see the attached images

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I tried intalling ubunto , centos , centos live and centos dvd but all ended up being the same result my free space desnt show up.

please help.

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Re: Centos Dual boot

Post by TrevorH » 2017/06/05 18:21:29

When using a disk with an MSDOS partition table (as opposed to GPT) you are limited to a maximum of 4 primary partitions (or 3 primary plus one extended logical). You have used all 4 so you cannot create any more partitions. If you want to install a Linux system you will need to review which partitions are used for what purpose and delete some - though be careful because your Windows system and data live on at least some of them.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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