On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 18:04, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Tom, > > - snip - > > >>I tried both before > >> > >>`cfdisk /dev/hda` > >>and > >>`cfdisk /dev/hda3` > >>same warning; > >>FATAL ERROR: can't open disk drive > >>press any key to exit > >> > >Were you root when doing this? > > > > > I booted up the Gentoo box with CD1 > > cdimage root# cfdisk /dev/hda > > FATAL ERROR: can't open disk drive > press any key to exit >
OK, `ls /dev/hda*` probably returns nothing. Is your drive picked up by dmesg? try `dmesg|grep` hda and see if it lists it... > > >>>Also, your clock is very much in the future and throwing off mail sorting, is > >>>there anything you can do about that? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Sorry I don't follow. Are you talking the clock of this PC in answering > >>postings? I am sending and replying emails from a Debian box. I just > >>check the clock and reset the hour and minute. It is synchronized by 'ntp' > >> > >You messages appear to be dated 24 hours in the future, it shows as > >17:37 11-Feb-2004? > > > > > The clock on the Debian box is 02:01AM 11-Feb-2004 here (local time). > It is correct corresponding to the clock on wall. > > B.R. > Stephen > Could your locale be set wrong? -- Tom Wesley
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