Error creating partitions

[Flip]

Trying to install Fedora on a 80 GB HD, 2 partitions on it 40 with Windows XP on it, the other I'm going to use for Fedora.

When I want to create the partions needed, I see 39072 MB free space and a small 8 MB free space ( wich spans only 1 cylinder ) when I create my first partition, for boot, I allocate 100MB for the boot partition but it "jumps" into the 8MB free space !!??

When I create the other partition and go next, it says I'm have a boot partition that is smaller than 75 MB, when I continue the installation at some point it hangs.

Can I get rid of the 8MB free space ?

The HD is a Maxtor and I'm using a Ultra133TX2 controller.

[Melio]

whats on this drive that you want to keep?

[Flip]

Originally Posted by Melio

whats on this drive that you want to keep?

Nothing much, just a Windows installation

But I was able to solve the problem ... using Windows

I delete all the partitions I wanted to use for Linux with the disk manager in Windows,
when I reinstalled Fedora it saw the partition as one free space and not 2.

I was still not able to make a full install though, when I select all in the install the installation hangs when installing cracklib...

I then proceeded to clicking as much as I wanted and now the installation is complete.

Everthing works, I can boot in Windows or in Linux.

But when I have used Linux and I reboot my system, I then get the message Operating system not found , when I boot again everything works fine

[fredflintoff]

finally...........they lived happily everafter.

[Melio]

my linux beatup windows on my desktop and it went to live on the laptop for my wife to abuse.