Have you changed the type to "Linux swap" for the swap partition ? Could you post the output of fdisk -l /dev/hda ?
Ionut On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 05:59:13PM -0800, Bob Schmidt wrote: > I did try that, but when I go to install debian it tells me that I have no > swap partition, etc. So it doesn't see any partitions to install itself on. > > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Fillion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Bob Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:33 PM > Subject: Re: newbie > > > > The osf/bsd labels are a tad confusing at first. It took me the better > > part of a day to figure it out. I'm not entirely sure which > > partitioning tool you're being sent to, but i suggest you hit alt+f2 and > > use fdisk. fdisk /dev/hda will probably be what you'll have to type. > > Now if you hit "m" for help, you should see "b edit bsd disklabel". > > Thats what you're looking for. You dont want partitions on the disk, > > you want BSD disklabels. They are slightly different. > > > > Here's a tip for ya...save yourself a bit of trouble, and start the > > first labal "a" a few megs from the start. I'm guessing you'll be using > > aboot to boot the box, it needs a bit of room at the start of the disk. > > That'll give it the room it needs. > > > > Richard Fillion > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 04:21:52PM -0800, Bob Schmidt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Just got my 433au today in the mail. I am trying to install debian > 3.0r1 on it. Now I have used linux before, but this is all new to me here. > It tells me that I have to have an (I think) an osf/bsd boot label, then it > sends me to the disk partioning program. I type the letter b like it tells > me to, then type r to go to the regular disk setup. I then try to add a > swap partion, etc. and it boots me back to the original disk partion screen. > > > > > > Help, I'm desperate, how do you set up the hard drive (ide, not scsi) to > install debian. I looked at the install directions and it basically tells > you the same thing the install program does. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Bob > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- *************** * Ionut Georgescu * http://www.physik.tu-cottbus.de/~george/ * Registered Linux User #244479 * * "In Windows you can do everything Microsoft wants you to do; in Unix you * can do anything the computer is able to do."
