Re: (newbee alert) cant save changes to edited scripts.
this seems to be what i have done...pardon me if i am obtuse.
when installing deb, i opt to format sda. as soon as fdisk starts, i delete
the existing partition(s) then hit s,
this gives me three visible (in fdisk) partitions, sda1, sda2(swap), and
sda3(whole disk). then i choose to fdisk sdb, and make 3 (type 83)
partitions, /var , /home , /www . when partitions get initialized, only
sda1 and sda2 get initialized, as root and swap. i never get a chance to
format sda3 and i try to leave things in the OS's COMPETENT hands, cause
this ain't windows ;)
it seems from this post that i should fdisk s the sdb as well as the sda,
this does not make sense or make me happy. not sensical because the currant
partition scheme on it (sdb) seems to be all that's working on the whole
system and not happy because i already feel i have too few partitions.
had redhat on the old sparc before too, obviously was not "done with it" ;)
oh, and Ben, OF COURSE it's user error ;) hence the warning in the subject
;)
i appreciate everyone's time and help!
g
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sabino Maggi" <maggi@ien.it>
To: "Greg Teigue" <greg@phlo.net>
Cc: <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: (newbee alert) cant save changes to edited scripts.
> > that this is related to fdisk. i used the s option and made it whole
drive.
> > i then partitioned the sdb as sdb1 sdb2 sdb3, with ext2 partitions.
they
> > mount fine.
>
> If I have understood well your description, you have correctly created the
> "whole disk" /dev/sdb3 partition on sdb.
> What is wrong is that the /dev/sdb3 partition must NOT be formatted!
>
> To properly partition your hd, you should:
>
> 1. Run fdisk. Press "s". This creates 3 partitions: /dev/sdb1 (type:
> ext2), /dev/sdb2 (type: swap), and /dev/sdb3 (type: whole disk).
>
> 2. Now you can alter your partition table, add new partitions, move or
> resize them (of course, to do so, you must first delete /dev/sdb1 and/or
> /dev/sdb2 and then create new partitions of the desired size).
> However, never, never touch /dev/sdb3!
>
> 3. If you add new partitions, they will be /dev/sdb4, /dev/sdb5, etc.
>
> > a peer of mine (very MCSE but working to change) suggested that i fdisk
with
> > a different disty (like redhat) then put debian on the existing
partitions
> > from that fdisk. the reason he said this is from his experience(small)
of
> > having debian fdisk bork on sparc.
>
> Your MCSE peer is wrong. This is Linux, not Windows!
>
> > another peer (heavy *nix experience)
> > said just put redhat on it and be done, i refrained from smacking him.
>
> Redhat has been on my first Sparc just one day! And it was more than
> enough... :-)))
>
> Bye
> Sabino
>
>
>
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