Matthias Murra wrote: > Your BIOS shouldn't be a problem then. Have you checked the BIOS > settings?
Yeah, all the settings are Linux-friendly. > How come? I simply created a partition that would hold the basic Debian > slink system on the "8.4 GB drive" that cfdisk detected in conjunction > with the 2.0.x kernel, when what in fact I had was a 10 GB drive. Certainly an option, but I was holding out for a more out-of-the-box solution. The only thing I'm confused by is: > After you create the appropriate mount points on this new 150 MB "root > partition" (i. e., the partition that is mounted on "/") for the /usr > partition (and others, if created), and move the files in those partitions up > one (or more) level(s) -- so that you don't have "/usr/usr/..." after > mounting the drive that previously held your entire Debian system, > including "/usr/...", on "/usr" --, and adapt /etc/fstab to the new layout, > everything should be working fine. What exactly do you mean by "create the appropriate mount points" ? > I have never tried this -- I'm pretty new to Debian myself, having > switched from SuSE (and haven't looked back since!) -- and to me, it > sounds like asking for serious trouble. Yeah, not a great idea, but it was the only one I had up until you replied. Second to just installing a different distribution. Thanks again! - d.