problem in installation process

[enhu]

i have installed hard puppy in my hda1 yet it cant boot from the hardrive.
i wanted to install it right cause maybe i've input wrong amount of spaces in ext2 and swap linux....how can i delete those files?

can anyone direct me to the direction how to make this work?
a step by step guide and a recommended way for a laptop with 256 RAM and 30gb HD

i wanted to fully install this without any other OS.

[devils casper]

Boot up from Puppy Linux CD and open GParted Partition Manager. Its available in Menu. Delete all partitions and create new.

* 8 GB, ext3 for /
* 512MB, SWAP
* Rest of space, ext3 for /home.

Start Installation and select Manual Partitioning in Partition Section. Select 8GB Partition and assign it / mount point. Select other ext3 partition and assign it /home mount point. Install will detect SWAP Partition itself.
Continue installation and installer will take care of rest.

Do let us know how it goes.

[enhu]

been trying to delete it but i can see the Delete all partitions and create new in the menu my livecd is puppy dingo.. is it really available with this edition?

i've attached a screen shot of the gparted partition mngr.. as you might find the fault of this installation while i follow the instructions found in my signature.

i would try your recommendation after i delete this.

[devils casper]

SWAP Partition has been locked because Puppy LiveCD is using it. Try to unmount it using umount command.

umount /dev/hda2

You can delete partition after that.

Does Puppy CD give any options regarding SWAP/Memory usage at startup? Check its manuals. I will go through its manuals too and let you know.

[enhu]

i dont know if it was the right console that i'm using..

rxvt
# umount /dev/hda2
umount: dev/hda2: invalid arguement.
# unmount /dev/hda2
bash: unmount command not found.

lol.. im not sure if this is the right command prompt im using. its not like if i type a question mark [?], it would present its command list available.

can you tell me where i can do this lol totally new here. like start > run > cmd and ..
anyway, it didnt provide options regarding the swap/memory as i restart it.

i could try installing it again as soon as i can delete these partition.