On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 10:18:41AM -0800, ck vasudevan wrote: > > Trying to install linux over win2000 I get a message > "Unrecognized disk signature. No write permission" > when I use cfdisk. With fdisk it says "No DOS > partition" Pls help. > Thanks >
Which distro is this ? Are you trying a UMSDOS/ partitionless install ? That won't work on Win-2k partition. You would have boot through floppy/ CD and re-partition the existing box (after maybe deleting some partitions) to make space for Linux ext2 partitions, before you can proceed. HTH Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : What all is mounted ? LOST #098 To know all mounted devices, do : cat /proc/mounts Example below is to check for a mounted floppy from console or from script : cat /proc/mounts | grep "/dev/fd0" ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
