it just "sounds like" the hd.img is "itself" hiding the partition. if, when installing from the iso cdrom (like now) it will infact pop up an error stating something "cannot see hdd partition table" but i've found out this has to do with an error someplace in one of the partitions for which i solve by resizing each on to find the error thru pm5 (or ver. 4). pain in the but process, but i don't feel like deleting 20 gb of data just to install linux (no offense). once this process is complete or i know there are now errors because the iso cdrom (install process by using the cdrom install) can see the partition table....hd.img will still fail to "see" the partitions. <augghh...it would be soooo much faster to install via hdd instead of burning the cdrom...athough i should have a copy just incase> On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, you wrote: > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Roger wrote: > > > lol, i've got roughly 20 gb of data on it. ..unless i can borrow an extra 20gb > > drive from somebody??? lol > > > > no i did not have to use that s/w. matter of fact all newer hdd's do not > > require that (or cannot even use it). most of the hdd's or already preformat > > It isn't the drive but the bios that has the problems, that would require > translation software. And _all_ maxtors come unformated and unpartitioned, > btw. > > > anyways. when partitioning, i just use partition magic. never had this > > Thats the answer to your problem partition magic is hideing the partition > most likely :) > > > problem before. i'm guessing (sigh, again) that it's probabely just because > > it's with the hd.img....probabely something missing between it and the cdrom > > install iso. (missing driver.....not able to find the proper module settings > > etc...). > > > > *remember! this is a newer model hdd! > > > > all of my older hdd's are able to use the hd.img diskette. go figure. > > try finding the "cylinder limit" jumper and enableing it also -- ------------ Sent from: Lattitude (deg): 32.7130 Longitude (deg): -117.1530 Altitude (ft): 410.0 GMT to Local (hrs): -8.0 (daylight savings enabled) ------------ Created with Linux-Mandrake 7.0! http://www.linux-mandrake.com/ Currently Beta Testing Mandrake Ver >7.0
