Hi folks, Problem solved. It should be "fdisk /dev/hde"
B.R. Stephen On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 16:37, satimis wrote: > Hi all folks, > > I am trying to install Gentoo 1,4 and encountered partition problem at > start. > > Connection. > ATA-133 hard drive on ATA-66 controller. > > (Explanation on this setup. > The motherboard of the PC for this test only supports ATA-33. I only > have ATA-133 drive available and don't have ATA-133 controller. > Therefore I use ATA-66 controller instead) > > TEST > Gentoo 1.4, 2 CD version > > Atter starting CD#1 hit "Enter" to start standard kernel > > cdimage root # fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 40.0 GB > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4866 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Devices /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 > Boot # > Start 1 > End 4866 > Block 39086113+ > Id c > System Win95 FAT32 (LBA) > > > cdimage root # fdisk /dev/hda > Unable to open /dev/hda > > cdimage root # fdisk /dev/hdc > You will not be able to write the partition table. > Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or > OSF > disklabel > Building a new Dos disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only, > until > you decide to write them. After that of course, the previous content > won't be recoverable. > > Warning: invalid flag 0x000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by > w(rite) > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/hdc: 476 MB, 476618752 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 57 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > ........ > .... > > I supposed /dev/hdc is the RAM disk. Why /dev/hda could not be > opened? > > (Remark: The ATA-133 hard drive has been previously formatted in DOS) > > Kindly advise how to proceed. Thanks in advance. > > B.Regards > Stephen > > P.S. I also tested "gentoo md" and the result was the same. To Get Your Own iCareHK.com Email Address? Go To www.iCareHK.com. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
