Re: Install problem

[Mike Gallagher <emrldsky primenet com>]

Kevin -
With the partition deleted, I tried again going through the boot which
went well. However, when I use fdisk to work the old L: partition, it
returns with the message "cannot write information for hd... )"
 If I use the graphical version (cfdisk) - it returns 0 for each entry
of head, sector and cylinder information.

Jonathan - I believe you were also asking about this:
The partition space I am trying to use is on the slave drive for the
primary set.
It is a Maxtor 7.0 gig, model 87000A8. The drive is split into two
partitions, wth the attempted partition on the second half of the drive
( I split it into 2 3gig parts ). The first partition, E:, is NTFS.
The primary master drive is also 2 partitions (C:, D:), but is a Quantum
Fireball 3gig drive. Both C: & D: are FAT16.

Mike G.


The 
Kevin Colby wrote:
> 
> Mike Gallagher wrote:
> >
> > O.K. Then how should I format the part of the spindle that currently
> > does not have a partition assigned to it? It is currently formatted as
> > FAT16 by NT, but I have deleted the partition that I had originally
> > created.
> 
> By deleting the partition, the formatting (or lack thereof) of it
> is really irrelevant.  You now have unallocated space on the disk.
> Use fdisk (the Linux version--it's an early step of the RedHat
> install)
> to allocate that space as a Linux Native partition(s) and a Linux Swap
> partition.  Then, later in the install, these will be formatted Ext2
> (or swap).  You're ready to run the install.
> 
>         - Kevin Colby
>           kevinc grainsystems com
> 
> > Mike G.
> >
> > Kevin Colby wrote:
> > >
> > > You seem to be confused.
> > > Linux installs on partitions of type "Linux Native" and "Linux Swap"
> > > (for swap only).  The native partitions are then formatted (by Linux)
> > > as ext2 (Extended Filsystem 2).
> > >
> > > You can allocate space from NT, etc., but you can't properly set the
> > > partition type, nor can you format partitions.  Oh, and Linux doesn't
> > > use drive letters--period.  Forget FAT16/32.  You can have NT & DOS
> > > stuff on them, and they can be on the same spindle, but Linux doesn't
> > > like to run on them (and it shouldn't--they are inferior).
> > >
> > >         - Kevin Colby
> > >           kevinc grainsystems com
> > >
> > > Mike Gallagher wrote:
> > > >
> > > > First my configuration -
> > > > Dual boot DOS / windows NT.
> > > > Both drives formatted and partitioned with Windows NT Disk
> > > > Administrator.
> > > > 2 disk spindles -
> > > > partition C & D on one drive and E & L on the second drive.
> > > > C & D are both FAT16.
> > > > E is NTFS and L is FAT16.
> > > > The cpu is a Pentium Pro.
> > > >
> > > > I want to put Linux on L. Then install LILO to be able to boot DOS,
> > > > NT,or Linux.
> > > > I can boot from Linux floppies just fine.
> > > > However, when I use fdisk to further partition L:, it returns with the
> > > > message "cannot write information for hd... ( L:)"
> > > > If I use the graphical version (gdisk) - it returns 0 for each entry of
> > > > head, sector and cylinder information.
> > > >
> > > > Do all partitions on a spindle have to be FAT16 for Linux to deal with
> > > > them?
> > > >
> > > > Any other suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Mike G.
> 
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