RE: linux native

[Ximenes Zalteca <ximenes netset com>]

On 21-Jul-97 lizard_silver wrote:
>i've used fips to partition my harddisk.( thus the partition /dev/hda2
>is dos native)

Ok :)

> But in trying to install redhat by harddisk installation, it keeps on
>telling me that there is no linux native drive.

Yes, this is probably because you haven't gone into fdisk during the installer..

>i've also tried # fdisk /dev/hda2,

/dev/hda2 is a single partition, while fdisk wants to be pointed at an actual
drive (so that it can play with all of the partitions). You could accomplish
this via:

fdisk /dev/hda

then use 't' on partition 2 and change it to 83 (or is it 82? well, there's
help in fdisk)

The installer also provides a means to get into fdisk, so you could use that
too :)

Xi
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