try running fdisk as root rather than normal user (K-->knoppix-->root shell)
jason On Monday 26 January 2004 05:45, Mike M wrote: > My laptop has /dev/hda1 (windoz), /dev/hda5 (Linux), and /dev/hda6 > (Linux swap), and 20GB unpartitioned. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/partitions > major minor #blocks name > > 3 0 58605120 hda > 3 1 12610993 hda1 > 3 2 1 hda2 > 3 5 19535008 hda5 > 3 6 497983 hda6 > > I want to create a FAT32 partition in the unpartitioned part of the > disk. > > I though I'd use fdisk but I get this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ fdisk /dev/hda > > Unable to open /dev/hda > > Googling is not helping much. Any hint appreciated. Thanks. > > Mike -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
