thanks for the quick responses... the thing is, is that i used fdisk to make the original partitions... but then cfdisk won't recognize them. i'm guessing i need a newer version of the install... perhaps something about this large disk and UDMA. i really have no idea why cfdisk thinks my partition table is corrupt.
phillip > At work I installed a Window 2K/Debian dual boot. > The steps I took were: > 0. Read the Debian Installation Instructions > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.en.txt > If you're new to Debian you might have been > like me thinking that "installation instructions > aren't really necessary". In Debian, they are. > There is alot of good information just in that > document alone. > 1. Install Windows. Partition the drive here > in 2 parts > 2. Install Debian Potato V2.2R3. I got a > distribution on CD from Cheap Bytes and > I made one partition for Linux > > Hope this helps! > > By the way, welcome the fun and sometimes confusing > world of Debian GNU/Linux! Here's a couple of things I > got out of this groups > > You should bookmark this sight: > http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ > > and look at any mail that is sent by > Will Trillich. He has newbie tips at the > end of all his mail that are very good! > > > --- phillip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey, > > > > i just started installing debian 2.1, but everytime > > i go to partition the > > drive, cfdisk gives me this error about a "bad > > primary partition" Then I > > get a message about how my partition table is either > > corrupt or my disk is > > 'factory clean'.... it requests to 'wipe my disk's > > current partition table > > and run cfdisk again'. I did this once and lost > > windows (poor me).... i > > could only boot to linux with lilo. > > > > so i'm starting over > > > > i've used fdisk to partition the 40G drive into 10G > > primary and 10G > > extended... thus 20G left over... which I'm not > > going to partition til > > later, i guess. but I'm still getting this same > > error... should i just let > > cfdisk wipe out my current partition table? > > > > thanks for any help, > > phillip > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
