Hi, I'm trying to install Debian Linux 1.2 and things were going well until I
got to the 'partition hard drive' part. The _first_ time I picked this choice I
editted my partition information to include a Linux and a Linux Swap
partition. When I tried to save these changes, though, I got a message saying
FATAL ERROR: Cannot seek on disk drive
Every subsequent time I try to start cfdisk, I immediately get the same message
about not being able to seek, so now I can't even see the partition information.
I can run DOS fdisk and make changes to the partition information, and my
pre-existing partitions (Win95 and WinNT) still function normally. I tried
giving cfdisk the disk geometry information on the command-line, but it still
gave me the error.
I have only one physical drive, a 3.8 gig Quantum Fireball that Linux correctly
detects. (At least I think it does; I can see its name go by in all the
hardware information that Linux prints while starting.) If I switch to a
different console, though, I can't see anything on the drive (there's nothing
in the /target directory). It did read the partition information _once_ though,
so I assume it can see the drive.
What's going on here? Can anyone help me on this?
Mike
