hd partitioningForum: HD Install Topic: hd partitioning started by: 5-0 Posted by 5-0 on Dec. 13 2003,21:55
i can run it perfectly fine off the cd. I'm trying to put it onto my hd but there are some problems. Using shell i did what many tutorials told me to do, i typed this in like every one else follwoing the tutorial does:// fdisk /dev/hda // it will then come up with the following reply: unable to open /dev/hda. ive also been trying other combinations but the same results happen. its starting to annoy me. Also in cfdisk the thing reports that there is an error and aborts immediatly. any one got any help on partitioning, or any other partioning tools or a really decent tutorial, because ive seen em all and the quality aint great on them, or could just help me out on this problem -thanks, 5-0 Posted by AnD on Dec. 13 2003,22:58
You need to be root."sudo su" (without the quotes) in console and then cfdisk. Posted by 5-0 on Dec. 13 2003,23:25
i have already tried that i am still getting the same result. I get this errorFATAL ERROR: cannot read disk drive Posted by DrWatt on Dec. 14 2003,05:18
Are you sure your HD is working ? Is there something on the HD now and will it boot without DSL? I have gotten the same message from bad HDs.
Posted by 5-0 on Dec. 14 2003,11:10
yeah it worked fine with win98 but i reformatted it just before i tried to do a HD install, bummer. Would a windows partitioning tool work?
Posted by DrWatt on Dec. 14 2003,16:15
I would try taking a look at it with Partition Magic (PM). Sometimes playing with partitions with PM or fdisk can cause a HD to refuse to mount until you fiddle with it again. If PM can see it, it should work with cfdisk. I use PM to resize windows partitions in preparation for linux installs. Do not use PM to set up your new linux partions though -- let cfdisk do that.
Posted by 5-0 on Dec. 14 2003,20:52
dont worry dudes fixed it, all i did was load ms fdisk and delete my C: partition, i then loaded linux and fdisk worked just fine. thanks for the help.
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