On Sat, 02 Nov 1996 16:05:31 CST "Walter L. Preuninger II" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Well, i have been running a seagate external 8GB on a p100 with a aha2940 > using a slackware distribution and kernel 1.3.85 > > My new computer came in, a p166, so I decided to repartition my drives, > now that I am using the best linux distribution in the world :) > > The problem is, I am trying to mke2fs that drive, after running fdisk, and > it reports an error something like "cant resolve symbol llseek", so for > now, I have lost the 8gigs that were on the drive (it was backed up) and > cant use my new computer with debian, unless one of you know whats wrong. > > Perhaps I should wait until the system is completely installed, and then > fdisk/mke2fs the big drive? That's exactly it. This is a well known problem of the Debian 1.1 boot disks. I suggest creating a small root partition, install the base system there, and then create the other partitions and go on the installation. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
