Re: Help! I can't partition my disk.
Maybe the data on your rescue disk is corrupt. Try with a new rescue disk.
-----Original Message-----
From: trio <trio@tio.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 4:05 PM
Subject: Help! I can't partition my disk.
>Hello,
>
> I'm installing Debian Linux onto a completely clean system. I know the
>hardware works because i had Linux working on it before. In the meantime
>i have used MS-DOS fdisk to remove all partitions.
>
> My problem: i've downloqded the floppies needed to install a new
>configuration and the rescue disk boots and starts the configuration
>process. First it asks if i have a color screen, then what keyboard. Then
>it says "NEXT: Partition the hard disk". When i choose it, it goes back to
>the main menu to "partition the hard disk" again! There may be a message
>written very fast but i can't read it.
>
> So, how do i get to a prompt to just do the cfdisk manually? I'd be
>happy to partition manually outside of the script if someone can tell me
>how to do a cfdisk before i've installed the operating system?
>
> Please help. I'm stuck!
>
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