Re: Debian Partitioning Problem

[Hugo Vanwoerkom]

Erick Delgado wrote:
I don't have Ubuntu installed at the moment (before I did).  I have 
Windows installed because when I was going to install Debian Testing 
(etch I believe) to see if it will pick up my hdd correctly it did, but 
when I booted I had errors on my first hdd (40gb) which was odd so I 
installed Windows to run check disk and whatever else to see if it will 
fix my errors.
What I would like is to find a way for Debian Sarge to detect my hdd's 
correctly so I can install it on both hdd's (40 = / * 80 = /home).



Understand. At first glance 80GB for /home is an awful lot. I use 6GB 
for everything with room to spare.

As to Debian detecting your hdd's "correctly", we are on different sides 
of the fence: I only run Debian and you have no Linux installed as I 
understand.

You will have to analyze the partition table. Use Knoppix, that involves 
no install at all, just a CD. It's painless. Boot and run cfdisk.

Or use http://www.ranish.com/part/ the ranish partition manager. That 
runs stand-alone and analyzes your partition table.

I do not remember how much "fixing" the installer's partman does to a 
partition table. In any case if your disks are important you ought to 
put the partition table on paper and understand what you would have to 
do to restore it, if it gets "fixed" the wrong way.

H


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