The 02.11.30 at 13:07, Ferdy Bassi wrote:
I started SuSE 8.1 installation and I choosed from Yast2 "custom partitioning". Well, Yast2 keeps telling me it can see only /dev/hda, no hda1, hda2, etc.. and it keeps planning to reformat the entire /dev/hda to set a unique big partition for SuSE Linux. I tried everything: I selected "First Hard Disk" instead of "Custom partitioning", I selected "Base partitioning on Yast suggestion" (or something like that...), but no way. So I tried to reboot my system using an old Linux system floppy (SYSLinux...) and I tried fdisk from that floppy. The command fdisk /dev/hda from that floppy can see all the partitions I have. So, what's wrong with Yast2??
Try, when the install CD program is running, to switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F2...F6), where you should have a bash prompt. There, run: fdisk -l /dev/hda, and see what happens. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson