> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Greg Pendler > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Unattended] Manual disk partitioning (linuxboot, > unattended 4.6) problem > > Hi, All. > > I'm trying to work with linuxboot CD. When choosing on of the > available > schemes everything works great. But i need from time to time to use > manual partitioning. > I saw several posts in this list that point on problems with parted: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > net/msg03112.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > net/msg03366.html > > I've tried many different ways to create partitions using > parted and i > find it very hard to accomplish. > In many cases after issuing "mkpart" or "mkpartfs" command > nothing happens. > Trying "mkfs 1 fat32" does not change anything. After all > that i receive > on first screen of XP setup error complaining on SWAP file. > > I feel that i'm missing some "magic command", but i can't > find it. Can > someone, please, post an example of commands he's using to manually > partition with parted.
I had the same problem, that "mkpartfs" does nothing. But the longer way works for me: -------- rm 2 mkpart primary fat32 start end mkfs 2 fat32 set 2 boot on -------- -- Moritz > > Thanks in Advance, > Greg > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from > real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > unattended-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
