Re: install problem on Atari Falcon

[Michael Schmitz <SCHMITZ@LCBVAX.CCHEM.BERKELEY.EDU>]

Hi,

>> Just checking - is it actually 'LNX' and 'SWP' or 'LNX\0' and 'SWP\0' (that's
>> with a 0 byte at the end)? The latter is what the dinstall program expects
>> from the fdisk -l output. If that's ok on your system, please send the
>> output of 'atari-fdisk -l' to either the list or me, so we can find out
>> whether dinstall probably misinterprets fdisk's output.
>> 
>Hmmm, I think there is no \0 on the end of each.  I'll have a look when I
>get a chance.  If there isnt, will atari-fdisk put them there?

There can't be a \0. TOS partitions have a 3 byte ID, so LNX or SWP is all that
fits in. fdisk should add the \0.

My guess is that dinstall doesn't reread the partition table after the
'partition disk' step. Simple test: restart dinstall (as per one of the install
menu options).

	Michael