Installation onto logical partition

Vista RC1 will not install onto a logical partition. I have made sure:
1. The partition is marked active.
2. The partition is large enough.
3. The partition is made and formatted with the installer.
Installation chokes with a "Windows is unable to find a system volume that
meets its criteria for installation" error.

Can installation of Vista be performed onto a logical partition? (if not,
this NEEDS to be fixed.)

John Kloosterman wrote:
> Can installation of Vista be performed onto a logical partition? (if not,
> this NEEDS to be fixed.)

You can't install on a logical partition because you need to boot off
it. XP had this issue also IIRC. You can create up to 3 physical
partitions (+ the extra physical for the logical partitons) so just boot
off one off those.

Tony

Of course you can.. all my vista betas have been installed on logical
partitions. I've even run xp on a logical. Windows doesn't care what
partition it's on as long as there is one active primary partition c:\,
it'll just place the bootloader on the primary active partition.

John, don't make the logical partition active. You already have a primary
active partition which would be C:. Vista will just put it's bootmanager on
C:.

"Tony Hoyle" <> wrote in message
news:...
> John Kloosterman wrote:
>> Can installation of Vista be performed onto a logical partition? (if not,
>> this NEEDS to be fixed.)
>
> You can't install on a logical partition because you need to boot off it.
> XP had this issue also IIRC. You can create up to 3 physical partitions
> (+ the extra physical for the logical partitons) so just boot off one off
> those.
>
> Tony
>

Yep, RC-1 works fine here installed on a logical partition.

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"Peter M" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Of course you can.. all my vista betas have been installed on logical
> partitions. I've even run xp on a logical. Windows doesn't care what
> partition it's on as long as there is one active primary partition c:\,
> it'll just place the bootloader on the primary active partition.
>
> John, don't make the logical partition active. You already have a primary
> active partition which would be C:. Vista will just put it's bootmanager
> on C:.
>
> "Tony Hoyle" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> John Kloosterman wrote:
>>> Can installation of Vista be performed onto a logical partition? (if
>>> not, this NEEDS to be fixed.)
>>
>> You can't install on a logical partition because you need to boot off it.
>> XP had this issue also IIRC. You can create up to 3 physical partitions
>> (+ the extra physical for the logical partitons) so just boot off one off
>> those.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>

> Vista RC1 will not install onto a logical partition. I have made sure:
> 1. The partition is marked active.
> 2. The partition is large enough.
> 3. The partition is made and formatted with the installer.
> Installation chokes with a "Windows is unable to find a system volume
> that
> meets its criteria for installation" error.
>
> Can installation of Vista be performed onto a logical partition? (if
> not, this NEEDS to be fixed.)
>

I do have more then one OS, including Vista installed on a logicol partition
there are no problems I know off.

ko van Zeelan

Do I need to
1. Make both the primary parttion active.
2. Will xp and vista boot fine
a) If botht the parttion active.
b) If Only 1 partition is active and XP is installed there.

Thanks,
RSK
> Of course you can.. all my vista betas have been installed on logical
> partitions. I've even run xp on a logical. Windows doesn't care what
> partition it's on as long as there is one active primary partition c:\,
> it'll just place the bootloader on the primary active partition.