From: "erik burggraaf" <erik@erik-burggraaf.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: hard drive setup
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:16:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <001a01c2935f$8dc26a20$94eaacce@laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000501c2935e$78822840$a600a8c0@glenn>
It sounds like you're running fdisk for dos. Fdisk for linux doesn't have
the prompt for partitioning large disks as far as I remember. It just does.
Also, if you're installing slack, you'll need an infinitessimal swap
partition, which must be created with fdisk for linux or or partition magic
for linux. Fdisk is probabley your best bet, though. I used it because it
was right there in my slackware instalation package.
Hope this helps,
Erik
"I'm not a monster; I'm a friend who raves and drules."
The killjoys
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----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn Ervin <glennervin@cableone.net>
To: linux - speakup <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 9:09 PM
Subject: hard drive setup
> I just ran f disk on my second harddrive, 8.1 GB.
> I have set no partitions yet.
> I did not enable large disk detection, and therefore, it can only set 2
> active partitions.
> If I enable large drive detection, I believe it will be setting it to FAT
> 32.
> Will this have an adverse effect on installing Linux?
> And can someone give me their preferred partition sizes and number of
> partitions for an 8.1 GB drive?
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Live long and prosper",
> O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny)
> N0YJV
> Northeast Nebraska
> e-mail:
> glennervin@cableone.net
> The above address can also be found on MSM.
> or my work e-mail:
> gErvin@ncbvi.state.ne.us
>
>
>
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