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.




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