Re: Paritioning Issue
Hi Sebastian
Am Montag, den 20.11.2006, 23:04 -0800 schrieb Baz:
> New to Debian. Trying to install Sarge from DVD on my Thinkpad
> (Z60t). At the partitioning prompt - only two options: completely
> overwrite the HD (guided?) or manual configuration. According to
> Martin Krafft's The Debian System,
> I should be seeing a "write to free space" option, but I don't.
Do you _have_ free space on your disk?
Did you resize (downsize) your pre-installed windows-partition?
> I tried it again with the most recent kernel - and, then received
> a warning indicating it couldn't even detect partitionable media. I'm
> not experienced enough to attempt a manual configuration.
> Any constructive advice would be appreciated. Thanks...
If your installer doesn't recognize your HD you could try the
daily-builds netinstall-cd-images from
http://www.us.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
which did for my z60m.
Cheers
Michael
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