Bellsouth Net News wrote:
Hello all,
I am installing Debian 3.0 for SPARC already for the 10th time (changing the
partition scheme every time ...) because at the end of every installation
the installation program sends out an error message saying that the device
is out of space ... I just cannot believe it ... I am using a 9 GB Sun
hardisk, now with ONLY 2 partitions, sda1 of 7 GB and a swap of 2 GB, I am
NOT REQUIRING THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM TO INSTALL ANY APPLICATION and
regularly at about the end of the installation I get this damned message ...
does anybody know a way out?
Best regards - Lou
I think what you' re missing is partition #3, type Whole Disk (id 5).
This is mandatory for sun systems and should not be omitted, e.g.:
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 14 heads, 72 sectors, 2036 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0 30 15120 83 Linux native
/dev/sda2 u 30 290 131040 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 0 2036 1026144 5 Whole disk
/dev/sda4 290 2036 879984 83 Linux native
This partition (as the name indicates) starts at cylinder 0 and ends at
the last cylinder. More info you can find in the installation manual.
~kmag
