Re: linux instalation: error activating swap partition

1999-01-14 Thread Ramesh Natarajan
Looks like you are trying to enable the primary partition as swap. Not sure if that could be a problem. Try to use one of the logical partitions (/dev/hda5 above) as swap. Also, I was told that its not possible to install Windows in logical partition. let me know if you are able to install

linux instalation: error activating swap partition

1999-01-13 Thread Ulrich Gruen mails again
Dear helpful person. I have a problem with the installation of linux, and I hope that you can help me. I tried to install Debian linux, with the help of cfdisk.txt and the Installing Debian Linux 2.0 For x86 guide. I try to install with floppies. I have an i386-25 MHz and 4MB RAM, and I'm using

Re: linux instalation: error activating swap partition

1999-01-13 Thread Peter Berlau
On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 12:49:29PM +, Ulrich Gruen mails again wrote: Hi Ulrich, The problem: When I try to activate the swap-partition, I get the following error message: The swap partition /dev/hda1 could not be activated: Device or resource busy if the device is busy it is already up,

Re: linux instalation: error activating swap partition

1999-01-13 Thread M.C. Vernon
At this point I've repartitioned the dev/hda (harddisk) with cfdisk. Now, I have the following partitions: Partition 1: type 82 (linuxSwap), 32 MB; Partition 2: type 81 (Minix), 4 MB; partition 3: type 83(linux), 300 MB; partition 4.: type 4(?) (dos fat 16), ~ 70 MB; I have