Re: Installer partitioning problem (was: System Dorked -- Help! (Interim solution!))

2015-10-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 07:34:48AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 26 October 2015 05:55:10 Martin Str|mberg wrote: > > > In article Gene Heskett > wrote: > > > On Monday 26 October 2015 02:29:04 Martin Str|mberg wrote: > > > > I don't understand why you can't. I can create (and did) > >

Re: Installer partitioning problem (was: System Dorked -- Help! (Interim solution!))

2015-10-26 Thread David Wright
Your threading appears to be broken, possibly because you reply to a digest article? I think this was in reply to Message-Id: <201510260331.37495.ghesk...@shentel.net> Quoting Martin Str|mberg (a...@ludd.luth.se): > In article Gene Heskett > wrote: > > On Monday 26 October 2015 02:29:04 Martin

Re: Installer partitioning problem (was: System Dorked -- Help! (Interim solution!))

2015-10-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 26 October 2015 11:34:48 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 26 October 2015 05:55:10 Martin Str|mberg wrote: > > In article Gene Heskett > > wrote: > > > On Monday 26 October 2015 02:29:04 Martin Str|mberg wrote: > > > > I don't understand why you can't. I can create (and did) > > > > part

Re: Installer partitioning problem (was: System Dorked -- Help! (Interim solution!))

2015-10-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 26 October 2015 05:55:10 Martin Str|mberg wrote: > In article Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 26 October 2015 02:29:04 Martin Str|mberg wrote: > > > I don't understand why you can't. I can create (and did) > > > partitions of 200 MB size. I use the text based installer and > > > man

Re: Installer partitioning problem

2015-10-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 26 October 2015 03:57:53 Felix Miata wrote: > Gene Heskett composed on 2015-10-26 03:31 (UTC-0400): > > Martin Str|mberg wrote: > >> Supposing your variant of installer can't, then why don't you boot > >> a live CD/stick and partition the hard drive before any booting the > >> installer

Re: Installer partitioning problem (was: System Dorked -- Help! (Interim solution!))

2015-10-26 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 26 October 2015 09:55:10 Martin Str|mberg wrote: > In article Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 26 October 2015 02:29:04 Martin Str|mberg wrote: > > > I don't understand why you can't. I can create (and did) partitions of > > > 200 MB size. I use the text based installer and manual par

Re: Installer partitioning problem (was: System Dorked -- Help! (Interim solution!))

2015-10-26 Thread Martin Str|mberg
In article Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 26 October 2015 02:29:04 Martin Str|mberg wrote: > > I don't understand why you can't. I can create (and did) partitions of > > 200 MB size. I use the text based installer and manual partitioning. > > > On a 4k/sector, 2 terabyte disk? I tried from 500

Re: Installer partitioning problem

2015-10-26 Thread Felix Miata
Gene Heskett composed on 2015-10-26 03:31 (UTC-0400): > Martin Str|mberg wrote: >> Supposing your variant of installer can't, then why don't you boot a >> live CD/stick and partition the hard drive before any booting the >> installer and then you should be able to tell the installer to just >> us

Re: Installer partitioning problem (was: System Dorked -- Help! (Interim solution!))

2015-10-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 26 October 2015 02:29:04 Martin Str|mberg wrote: > In article Gene Heskett wrote: > > The worst part of that is that the partitioner will not accept a 1 > > gigabyte partition, which is a great plenty, so I was forced to use > > 5% of the disk as a boot partition. > > I don't understa

Installer partitioning problem (was: System Dorked -- Help! (Interim solution!))

2015-10-25 Thread Martin Str|mberg
In article Gene Heskett wrote: > The worst part of that is that the partitioner will not accept a 1 > gigabyte partition, which is a great plenty, so I was forced to use 5% > of the disk as a boot partition. I don't understand why you can't. I can create (and did) partitions of 200 MB size. I

Re: Partitioning problem

2013-04-10 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 01:52:57PM +0200, Alexandre De Muer wrote: > Hi, When installing from "Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0.7 "Squeeze" - > Official kfreebsd-i386 DVD Binary-1 20130223-17:32"the following > problem issued from "guided partition layout":"unable to set mount > from file-system type swap

Partitioning problem

2013-04-09 Thread Alexandre De Muer
Hi, When installing from "Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0.7 "Squeeze" - Official kfreebsd-i386 DVD Binary-1 20130223-17:32"the following problem issued from "guided partition layout":"unable to set mount from file-system type swap on ** to none". The hardware I'm using: AMD Athlon XP 2200+, MSI 6511 ve

Installing lenny-partitioning problem

2008-11-24 Thread L . V . Gandhi
I tried to install lenny in my pc. I have two hdds. First one is IDE slave which has swap(hdb5) and another sata hdd. I opted for manual partition. I masde a root partition in sata hdd and wanted to use swap of hdb5. When I finish partitioning and mounting details, I get message as follows. "Error

Re: Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/01/07 03:57), glycerin wrote: > I I try this way the guided partitioning try to use all my disk and in > the other steps there isn't a way to use a manual partiotioning. > > Any other advice? > > On (16/01/07 17:06), Gabriele Cicala wrote: > > > I while I try to install Debian Etch using th

Re: Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/01/07 03:38), glycerin wrote: > I've tryed this way but nothing is possible. > I didn't find anything where I can set the partition manually and > preserve the old one. > > Any new advice? What medium are you using to boot? If sarge (3.1) try typing expert26 at the boot prompt; this shoul

Re: Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-17 Thread glycerin
Hi. I I try this way the guided partitioning try to use all my disk and in the other steps there isn't a way to use a manual partiotioning. Any other advice? Best Regards. Gabriele Clive Menzies ha scritto: > On (16/01/07 17:06), Gabriele Cicala wrote: > > I while I try to install Debian Etch

Re: Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-17 Thread glycerin
Hi. I've tryed this way but nothing is possible. I didn't find anything where I can set the partition manually and preserve the old one. Any new advice? I've tested the same netinstallation for another machine with IDE disks and all was ok. It seems that the problem is using the SATA disks. Best

Re: Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-16 Thread Clive Menzies
On (16/01/07 17:06), Gabriele Cicala wrote: > I while I try to install Debian Etch using the actual net-installation > CD I encounter some problem for the partition already present on the laptop. > This machine is a dual-boot computer with windows and another Debian > installation that I want to

Partitioning problem on ACER ASPIRE 5672WLMi during installation process

2007-01-16 Thread Gabriele Cicala
I while I try to install Debian Etch using the actual net-installation CD I encounter some problem for the partition already present on the laptop. This machine is a dual-boot computer with windows and another Debian installation that I want to re-install. None of these partiotion is visible whe

[Solved] Re: Partitioning problem -- no writepermission to partitiontable

2005-12-19 Thread Søren Christensen
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:40:35AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > One thing to look for on these machines: if you replace the MBR > with GRUB or LILO or the like, they like to go into "system recovery > mode" where they undo the changes you made. With these machines > it is better (IMO) to let the

Re: Partitioning problem -- no writepermission to partitiontable

2005-12-19 Thread Szakacsits Szabolcs
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > You may find that it all works better if you boot into windows and turn off > virtual memory. also maybe turn off system restore. In the past, those two > items have written unmoveable blocks on the disk and prevent the partition > from being pr

Re: Partitioning problem -- no writepermission to partitiontable

2005-12-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
You may find that it all works better if you boot into windows and turn off virtual memory. also maybe turn off system restore. In the past, those two items have written unmoveable blocks on the disk and prevent the partition from being properly resized. Its been a over a year now, though, so t

Re: Partitioning problem -- no writepermission to partitiontable

2005-12-19 Thread Mike McCarty
Søren Christensen wrote: [snip] The partition list lists two partitions, a small "unused" partition of 7 MB and a large partition which occupies the rest of the disk, formatted with ntfs. Containing Win XP. Can anyone guide me throug this proces? Here's my setup for a dual boot Compaq Presa

Re: Partitioning problem -- no writepermission to partitiontable

2005-12-19 Thread Mike McCarty
Søren Christensen wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:30:05PM +0100, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: 2005/12/19, Søren Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip] However the issue still stands, I'm not able to change the size of the one partition containing Win XP. Well, here is another clue: qtparted re

Re: Partitioning problem -- no writepermission to partitiontable

2005-12-19 Thread Søren Christensen
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 03:51:51PM +0100, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > > [Bero: please see my comments below about additional qtparted bugs] > > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, [iso-8859-1] Søren Christensen wrote: > > > I'm not able to change the size of the one partition containing Win > > XP. > > > > W

Re: Partitioning problem -- no writepermission to partitiontable

2005-12-19 Thread Szakacsits Szabolcs
[Bero: please see my comments below about additional qtparted bugs] On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, [iso-8859-1] S?ren Christensen wrote: > I'm not able to change the size of the one partition containing Win > XP. > > Well, here is another clue: qtparted reports, that support for ntfs > filesystem is not

Re: Partitioning problem -- no writepermission to partitiontable

2005-12-19 Thread Søren Christensen
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:30:05PM +0100, Paolo Pantaleo wrote: > 2005/12/19, Søren Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi! > > > > Trying to install sarge (net-inst.) on a laptop (Compaq Presario 2100), > > but fails to partitionate harddisk. > > > > Using Knoppix, qtparted started via root-konso

Re: Partitioning problem -- no writepermission to partitiontable

2005-12-19 Thread Paolo Pantaleo
2005/12/19, Søren Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi! > > Trying to install sarge (net-inst.) on a laptop (Compaq Presario 2100), > but fails to partitionate harddisk. > > Using Knoppix, qtparted started via root-konsole, qtparted reports: > Unable to open /UNIOINFS/dev/hdc read-write (Read-only

Partitioning problem -- no writepermission to partitiontable

2005-12-19 Thread Søren Christensen
Hi! Trying to install sarge (net-inst.) on a laptop (Compaq Presario 2100), but fails to partitionate harddisk. Using Knoppix, qtparted started via root-konsole, qtparted reports: Unable to open /UNIOINFS/dev/hdc read-write (Read-only file system). /UNIONFS/dev/hdc has been opened read-only. Usi

Re: Debian Partitioning Problem

2005-08-11 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Erick Delgado wrote: Dear Debian, I'm currently having a problem when I install Debian and end up on the partition section. For some odd reason everytime it loads up my hdd it shows 33.8 for both hdd I have. The master hdd is 40gb and the slave is 80gb. I don't know why does it pick up as R

Re: Debian Partitioning Problem

2005-08-11 Thread 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 s

Re: Re: Debian Partitioning Problem

2005-08-11 Thread Erick Delgado
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

Re: Debian Partitioning Problem

2005-08-11 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Erick Delgado wrote: Dear Debian, I'm currently having a problem when I install Debian and end up on the partition section. For some odd reason everytime it loads up my hdd it shows 33.8 for both hdd I have. The master hdd is 40gb and the slave is 80gb. I don't know why does it pick up as R

Debian Partitioning Problem

2005-08-10 Thread Erick Delgado
Dear Debian, I'm currently having a problem when I install Debian and end up on the partition section. For some odd reason everytime it loads up my hdd it shows 33.8 for both hdd I have. The master hdd is 40gb and the slave is 80gb. I don't know why does it pick up as RAID? Windows & Ubuntu