The Linux and DOS partitioning programs don't work for the "other side." At least it didn't work for me. If you want to install DOS use fdisk from DOS. If you want to install Debian use cfdisk or fdisk from the Debian installation CD. In other words it sounds like you have already partitioned the drive under DOS but select "yes" to partition with cfdisk and you should be on your way. hth, kent
----- Original Message ----- From: Kenny Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 9:49 PM Subject: Installation Trouble > I have an old Packard Bell PB620 CD (26mhz Intel, HD: > Seagate ST-3491A). It was previously running Windows > 95 until I ran fdisk (DOS) to start over. When I run > the Debian Setup, when I get to the second thing on > the list, Partition a Hard Drive, I select dev/hda, my > only option, and get the following error message: > > "Invalid Partition Table | cfdisk has failed while > trying to repartition your disk. That may mean your > disk's partition table is corrupt, or your disk is > factory clean. I may wipe out your disk's current > partition table and run cfdisk again." > > It asks Yes or No, I select No and nothing happens. I > have tried to partition the hd before I run the setup > with fdisk (DOS), 350meg for native, 58meg for swap. > I get the same error when I run the deb setup. > > Help me. I'm a linux newbie if you can't tell. > > ===== > In the sagas, berserks are often described as being fantastically ugly, often being mistaken for trolls, as were Skallagrím and his kinsmen in Egils saga Skallagrímsonar (Palsson and Edwards, Egil's Saga, p. 66). Egil himself is described as being "black-haired and as ugly as his father" (Ibid., p. 79), and at a feast in the court of the English king Æþelstan, Egil is said to have made such terrible faces that Æþelstan was forced to give him a gold ring to make him stop > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
