On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 01:38:47 +0100 Alex Sánchez <alex_ibiza@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a Toshiba Satellite M70-165 that I bought some days ago. This machine > came with WinXP and some Toshiba software. Then, I decided to download the > lastest ISO stable Debian for i386, and burned it. My pretension was to > divide my hard drive of 80Gb taking 15Gb for Win and the other for Linux. So > I rebooted and during the installation process of debian an error said: > > (I'm spanish so I'm doing my best for trying to translate it to english, so > sorry for my english) your english is fine. :) > > "[!!]Partitioning of disks > There are no partitionable means. > > Couldn't find means that can be partitionable. Please, make sure that a hard > drive disk has been connected." > > Supposedly during the installation process I could partitionate manually the > disk, but I could see that I couldn't do it. Then I searched more > information about that topic and I then realized that I must use a software > on win for make partitions. Then I used Partition Magic and made a partition > for Linux with EXT2 file system (around 62gb) and little partition > additional for that swap (1gb). Rebooted again, but my the surprise was big > when the same error than before appeared. probably you don't have the right drivers for the Toshiba disk controller. my advice is always to boot a knoppix disc, and if that works, then you can lsmod to see what modules it uses for the hard-drive and then boot back into the debian installer, switch to a virtual terminal and modprobe the right modules. then the partitioner should see the hard-drive. also search the list for many links to information on installing debian on laptops. A > > I've searched more about that, but I can't find what to do. I need debian on > my new computer seriously. > > Thank you in advance and sorry for my english level. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Descubre la descarga digital con MSN Music. Más de un millón de canciones. > http://music.msn.es/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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