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Re: [SLE] Partitioning
- From: Dave Smith <Dave.Smith@xxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 13:42:41 +0000
- Message-id: <20030306134241.GG4239@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 08:40:44AM -0500, heartley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Pardon my ignorance (haven't been following the thread too closely) but
> why can't you partition the disk with the Linux fdisk? You can make the
> necessary partitions and change the type. To make the swap space, you
> can use mkswap. I do not know the particulars but I have used the above
> without issues. Just a thought. Maybe some kind soul will tell me why
> the original poster cannot do this?
The problem was that they couldn't get to a prompt from the installation
disk menu.
I think that just switching to another VC should allow you to fdisk it
manually.
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David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@xxxxxx
STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Pardon my ignorance (haven't been following the thread too closely) but
> why can't you partition the disk with the Linux fdisk? You can make the
> necessary partitions and change the type. To make the swap space, you
> can use mkswap. I do not know the particulars but I have used the above
> without issues. Just a thought. Maybe some kind soul will tell me why
> the original poster cannot do this?
The problem was that they couldn't get to a prompt from the installation
disk menu.
I think that just switching to another VC should allow you to fdisk it
manually.
--
David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@xxxxxx
STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bristol, England GPG Key: 0xF13192F2
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