On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Jonathan Hester wrote:
> During installation of Debian Linux 1.3, I am getting the following error > message when the installation software tries to partition my hard drive: > > FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition > Press any key to exit fdisk Hi, Sometimes, cfdisk has a problem with disks without a preexisting partition table or with a messed up one. In those cases, you should use fdisk instead. During installation, don't use the disk partitioning step that the installation program provides, but instead press ALT+F2 and press enter. Now you're in a shell. Type fdisk and partition the disk. When you're ready, press ALT+F1 and you're back to the intallation program. Just for the record, could you tell us some more about the disk, is it a pristine disk without any previous partitioning or does it have another OS on it? Cheers, Joost -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
