RH9 installation problem

[SpiroS]

I'm having a problem to install red hat 9 on my pc.. I go in the disk druid and i press new to add a partition but when i press ok i get this error:Could not allocate requested partitions: Partitioning failed: Could not allocate partitions as primary partitions ... what should i do?

(I'm a newbie and haven't installed linux before and i didn't add any partitions on my hard disk with other programs like partition magic)

[deathadder]

Have you tried to create a logical partition instead of a primary?

Are there any other partitions on the drive?

[SpiroS]

Originally posted by deathadder
Have you tried to create a logical partition instead of a primary?
How can you do that with disk druid? If it is to uncheck the box that says "Force to be a primary partition" i 've done that.
Are there any other partitions on the drive?
No... As i said i've just installed windows on my hard disk and haven't done anything else.(i have 8 gbs free space)

[mdwatts]

See if the partitioning sections in the RH 9 online installation guides help explain how to setup your HD before installing.

https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/