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From: "erik burggraaf" <erik@erik-burggraaf.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: hard drive setup
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 21:43:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <001f01c29363$55a95000$94eaacce@laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000a01c29362$421d74e0$a600a8c0@glenn>

What I did was to use a bootable flopy to boot into slackware.  Oncwe the
kernel and some basic componantes were loaded into ramdisk, I was able to
run fdisk.  Detales are quite well spelled out in the instalation howto that
is available from the speakup ftp server.
Watch out!  The howto states at one point that very little is going on, when
actually, you get a wealth of valuable info from the program.  The important
tidbit in this case is that you need a linux swap partition, and the type
code for linux swap is 82.  I missed this on the first pass or two.  Other
than that, the howto is thurough and clear, and you should have very little
problem with it.
If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know.
Cheers,
Erik
"I'm not a monster; I'm a friend who raves and drules."
The killjoys
email:  erik@erik-burggraaf.com
visit the sort'a half website:  www.erik-burggraaf.com
Rico via MSN:  gooderik@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn Ervin <glennervin@cableone.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: hard drive setup


> Erik,
> If I have not yet installed linux, how can I use a Linux version of f
disk?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "erik burggraaf" <erik@erik-burggraaf.com>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 8:16 PM
> Subject: Re: hard drive setup
>
>
> 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
> email:  erik@erik-burggraaf.com
> visit the sort'a half website:  www.erik-burggraaf.com
> Rico via MSN:  gooderik@hotmail.com
> ----- 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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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Glenn Ervin
 ` erik burggraaf
   ` Glenn Ervin
     ` Janina Sajka
       ` Glenn Ervin
         ` Janina Sajka
           ` Ann Parsons
     ` erik burggraaf [this message]
       ` Thomas Stivers
 ` Ralph W. Reid

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