Re: installing debian
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Juan Revollo wrote:
> -No, when looking at the partition table, no extended partitions exist
>
> -The original partition was Dos. When the rescue floppy could not
> repartition, I deleted it. The rescue floppy sill cannot partition.
>
> -The rescue floppy runs a menu, this menu runs down steps to
> partitioning, configuring, etc. When the step to partition the hard drive
> is executed, It tells me:
>
> cfdisk has failed to repartition. I may wipe out your partition table and
> run cfdisk again.
>
> If i answer yes, the same thing will happen when trying to repartition.
> If no, I am unable to advance.
Try the MS-DOS fdisk. Think of it as a professional courtesy: fdisk
programs are reluctant to remove partitions put up by other OSs.
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