[lfs-support] partitioning question
Hello all, I've looked over everything that goes into Linux From Scratch, and funny enough, I am stuck on the first step. While I am experienced with both cfdisk and fdisk, what should I boot in order to use those utilities? The instructions are a bit vague there, only saying to use one. If I boot to a Slackware disk, could I use cfdisk from there and keep going? Are there any special measure that need taken? Thanks, William -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [lfs-support] partitioning question
Wednesday, April 02, 2014 5:39 AM William wrote: [...]I am experienced with both cfdisk and fdisk, what should I boot in order to use those utilities? I used GParted from a Knoppix live distro however I don't believe it matters what DISTRO used provided it has all the required software described in Host System Requirements (Intro page xviii) -- Jim -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [lfs-support] partitioning question
On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 04:39:17 -0500 William wjck...@gmail.com wrote: While I am experienced with both cfdisk and fdisk, what should I boot in order to use those utilities? Anything that: (a) has them (b) is capable of detecting your HDD and changing bits on it (i.e. has drivers for your hardware) If I boot to a Slackware disk, could I use cfdisk from there and keep going? Yes. Are there any special measure that need taken? No special measures. Do what you would ordinarily do when partitioning a drive. If dual-booting, make sure you won't destroy the ability do boot any other systems present. Details depend on details. -- Svi moji e-mailovi su kriptografski potpisani. Proverite ih. All of my e-mails are cryptographically signed. Verify them. -- You don't need an AI for a robot uprising. Humans will do just fine. signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [lfs-support] partitioning question
Thanks both of you. I was over complicating things. On 04/02/2014 07:35 AM, Aleksandar Kuktin wrote: On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 04:39:17 -0500 William wjck...@gmail.com wrote: While I am experienced with both cfdisk and fdisk, what should I boot in order to use those utilities? Anything that: (a) has them (b) is capable of detecting your HDD and changing bits on it (i.e. has drivers for your hardware) If I boot to a Slackware disk, could I use cfdisk from there and keep going? Yes. Are there any special measure that need taken? No special measures. Do what you would ordinarily do when partitioning a drive. If dual-booting, make sure you won't destroy the ability do boot any other systems present. Details depend on details. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: [lfs-support] partitioning question
If I boot to a Slackware disk, could I use cfdisk from there and keep going? Yes. After use cfdisk/formatting the partition, then reboot your host system too make the new partition works -- [ Sandy Widianto - Brother From Indonesia ] -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
