Re: Serious problems with the installation.

[davidturetsky]

I pass on Paul's post. With a 13.5GB drive, you have to be sure you've correctly addressed the large disk issues discuss there   I particularly found Andries Brouwer discussion (http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/Large-Disk.html invaluable   David   davidt >From: paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> davidt >To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> davidt >Cc: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org> davidt >Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 8:42 AM davidt >Subject: Re: Setting up Debian - II davidt > davidt > davidt >> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: davidt >> > davidt >> > >I followed Joe's recommendation and partitioned my 32gb IBM hard drive davidt >as davidt >> > >follows: davidt >> > >  c:         6,997.0   mb davidt >> > >  /               39.2    mb davidt >> > >  swap      258.8    mb davidt >> > >  /usr      5,004.6   mb davidt >> > >  e:       20,332.2   mb davidt >> > davidt >> > Is this a typo or are you trying to reserve 39.2 megs for the root davidt >> > system? Keep in mind that this partition will contain everything below davidt >> > / except /usr, so this setup would be unusable. davidt >> > davidt >> I would reccomend you to read the Large Disk HowTo available from: davidt >> http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html davidt >> and the Linux Partition HowTo available from: davidt >> http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Partition.html davidt >> davidt >> These documents together should cover most of what is needed to make a davidt >custom davidt >> partitioning strategy that will cover your needs. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alexander To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 8:24 AM Subject: Serious problems with the installation. Hello,     I'm having problems... BIG problems.  I have been trying to install Debian on my computer for the past 2 days - attempting to get it to install is more like it.  Here is what happens:  Everything seems to go well up until the point where I need to mount? a partition or whatever.  The problem is this (and I've tried various other Linux providers as well): None of the installation programs will recognize my hard drive at all.  I'm on a Gateway.  13.5 gig IDE hard drive, and I have already partitioned it.  Any help would GREATLY be appreciated!  Thanks.