Re: newbie partition question

2001-06-28 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 04:55:56AM -0700, Hamma Scott wrote: > > By the way, welcome the fun and sometimes confusing > world of Debian GNU/Linux! Here's a couple of things I > got out of this groups > > You should bookmark this sight: > http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ and you should also help

Re: newbie partition question

2001-06-28 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 06:29:54AM -0700, phillip wrote: > i just started installing debian 2.1, but everytime i go to partition the > drive, cfdisk gives me this error about a "bad primary partition" Then I Try 2.2 (potato). Really. I can't guarantee that that's the cause of your problem, but

Re: newbie partition question

2001-06-28 Thread phillip
thanks for the quick responses... the thing is, is that i used fdisk to make the original partitions... but then cfdisk won't recognize them. i'm guessing i need a newer version of the install... perhaps something about this large disk and UDMA. i really have no idea why cfdisk thinks my partiti

Re: newbie partition question

2001-06-28 Thread Hamma Scott
At work I installed a Window 2K/Debian dual boot. The steps I took were: 0. Read the Debian Installation Instructions http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.en.txt If you're new to Debian you might have been like me thinking that "installation instructions aren't r

Re: newbie partition question

2001-06-28 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 06:29:54AM -0700, phillip wrote: > i just started installing debian 2.1, but everytime i go to partition the > drive, cfdisk gives me this error about a "bad primary partition" Then I > get a message about how my partition table is either corrupt or my disk is > 'factory cl