Re: partition selection

2003-02-08 Thread Osamu Aoki
I think instead of dismissing the report on this thread as the user or external tool error issue, we may want to consider this as important *usability* issue. After all, partitioning problem is most frustrating and most serious cause of major problem during install to the dual boot system. If M

Re: partition selection

2003-02-07 Thread Martin Sjögren
fre 2003-02-07 klockan 22.40 skrev Michael Cardenas: > I created the partitions with partition magic. > > Should we change di-utils-mount-partitions to recognize more types? I thought pqmagic was able to mark partitions as "Linux"? /Martin signature.asc Description: Detta =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E

Re: partition selection

2003-02-07 Thread Matt Kraai
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 01:40:59PM -0800, Michael Cardenas wrote: > I created the partitions with partition magic. > > Should we change di-utils-mount-partitions to recognize more types? No, the partition type should be corrected. Matt -- Oink! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: partition selection

2003-02-07 Thread Matt Kraai
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 01:40:31PM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: > for di-utils-mount-partitions to recognize it. s/mount-partitions/mkfs/ Same idea, though. Matt -- Oink! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: partition selection

2003-02-07 Thread Michael Cardenas
I created the partitions with partition magic. Should we change di-utils-mount-partitions to recognize more types? On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 01:40:31PM -0800, Matt Kraai wrote: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 01:17:50PM -0800, Michael Cardenas wrote: > > Here's the output: > > > > /dev/discs/disc0/par

Re: partition selection

2003-02-07 Thread Matt Kraai
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 01:17:50PM -0800, Michael Cardenas wrote: > Here's the output: > > /dev/discs/disc0/part1: start=63, size=20498877,Id=c,bootable > /dev/discs/disc0/part2: start=20498940, size=38106180,Id=f > /dev/discs/disc0/part3: start=0, size=0,Id=0 > /dev/discs/disc0/part4: start=0, si

Re: partition selection

2003-02-07 Thread Michael Cardenas
Here's the output: /dev/discs/disc0/part1: start=63, size=20498877,Id=c,bootable /dev/discs/disc0/part2: start=20498940, size=38106180,Id=f /dev/discs/disc0/part3: start=0, size=0,Id=0 /dev/discs/disc0/part4: start=0, size=0,Id=0 /dev/discs/disc0/part5: start=20499003, size=3084417,Id=83 /dev/dis

Re: partition selection

2003-02-07 Thread Markus Schabel
Matt Kraai wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:39:39PM -0800, Michael Cardenas wrote: It determines which partitions to offer with the following command: sfdisk -d /dev/discs/*/disc | grep Id=83 | cut -d\ -f 1 probably complete this with id=fd (Linux RAID Autodetect)? The /dev/md? devices al

Re: partition selection

2003-02-05 Thread Matt Kraai
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:39:39PM -0800, Michael Cardenas wrote: > The problem is that when I select "create filesystem" the only partition > thats offered is part5, which already has a reiser filesystem on it. > > I even tried creating my own reiserfs on part6, and it still doesn't > show up. A