Linux Redhat 9.0

[Carpedebass]

I am trying to make the jump to Linux Redhat 9.0 (Shrike). I have downloaded the ISO images onto my hard drive and have figured out how to make the boot diskette to boot the installation program. I am trying to install from the hard drive as my CDRW crashed recently and I have not replaced it as of yet. Trouble is, I get through the installation until it comes time to run the partition setup program Druid disk. I have tried Druid Disk and autopartition, but both tell me that I do not have an active partition to install to. The computer I am trying to install on has very limited disk space (9GB) which seems to be mostly taken up by Windows XP and the ISO images, etc. My questions are as follows:
How do I go about partitioning the Hard drive to make Linux install to it?
Can I put the ISO images on a networked PC and install it from there?
Any help you guys can give would truly be appreciated. By the way I want to install Linux OVER XP or delete XP altogether as I already have it on both of my other machines.

[Computer Hobbyist]

Your ISO image is on your harddrive. One of the side affects of partitioning the harddrive is distruction of all of the data on the drive including your ISO image.

Easiest solution, buy a CDRW and burn some CDs. Another solution is to install on a second harddrive A third solution, probably not available if your harddrive is currently one big partition, is to install RedHat on an unused partition.