Re: newbie

[Ionut Georgescu <george@physik.tu-cottbus.de>]

Have you changed the type to "Linux swap" for the swap partition ? Could
you post the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda ?

Ionut


On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 05:59:13PM -0800, Bob Schmidt wrote:
> I did try that, but when I go to install debian it tells me that I have no
> swap partition, etc. So it doesn't see any partitions to install itself on.
> 
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Fillion" <rick@rhix.ods.org>
> To: "Bob Schmidt" <pastorbob@centurytel.net>
> Cc: <debian-alpha@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:33 PM
> Subject: Re: newbie
> 
> 
> > The osf/bsd labels are a tad confusing at first.  It took me the better
> > part of a day to figure it out.  I'm not entirely sure which
> > partitioning tool you're being sent to, but i suggest you hit alt+f2 and
> > use fdisk.  fdisk /dev/hda will probably be what you'll have to type.
> > Now if you hit "m" for help, you should see "b   edit bsd disklabel".
> > Thats what you're looking for.  You dont want partitions on the disk,
> > you want BSD disklabels.  They are slightly different.
> >
> > Here's a tip for ya...save yourself a bit of trouble, and start the
> > first labal "a" a few megs from the start.  I'm guessing you'll be using
> > aboot to boot the box, it needs a bit of room at the start of the disk.
> > That'll give it the room it needs.
> >
> > Richard Fillion
> > rick@rhix.ods.org
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 04:21:52PM -0800, Bob Schmidt wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Just got my 433au today in the mail.  I am trying to install debian
> 3.0r1 on it.  Now I have used linux before, but this is all new to me here.
> It tells me that I have to have an (I think) an osf/bsd boot label, then it
> sends me to the disk partioning program.  I type the letter b like it tells
> me to, then type r to go to the regular disk setup.  I then try to add a
> swap partion, etc. and it boots me back to the original disk partion screen.
> > >
> > > Help, I'm desperate, how do you set up the hard drive (ide, not scsi) to
> install debian.  I looked at the install directions and it basically tells
> you the same thing the install program does.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bob
> >
> 
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