[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > > > I am a newcomer to the Linux arena. I've been a MS > [...] > > information on my HD after I run debian install, > > the HD is setup into 4 Non-MSDOS partitions, and > > they are all blown WAY out of proportion, like I have one, 151 MB partition on a 120 MB hard drive, > > and all the other partitions are huge. I have a > > feeling that's something that's causing fdisk's > > error message. Any help would be appreciated. > > try to remove all partitions with M$-fdisk, it´s never an failure to > create/remove partitions with the OS which should/has worked on it > > and try to autodetect your harddrive if in the laptop´s bios there´s such > option (well, i don´t know your hardware at all) > > > until next mail ;) Yeah...I tried the wonderful MS-fdisk version, but I'd get the same problem once I use the rescue disk to boot into Linux. Also I looked closely at my bootup messages and found that Linux did happen to figure out the correct drive geometry. And so I'd get the same error message. But I figured out a "loop hole" to get through it. I just went into the shell and then used linux's fdisk and then deleted all those 4 partitions and then went back into dinstal, and then cfdisk ran just fine. So I dont know if there's a wierd compile I got on that that uses a specific drive image or what the deal is, but I did happen to get around it.
Nils =O) [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You can trouble me for a big glass of shutup" http://youthrage.base.org ____________________________________________________________________ More than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail
