In article <3.0.3.32.20010122064412.00fd2cc4@popd.ix.netcom.com>, Samy Elashmawy writes

Use redhat to get the partion scheam you want then do the install using those partions , just sprecify how to mount them ect..

I tried that. Yast uses fdisk to read the partition information, but on mys system that always fails. Yast interprets this as an attempt to install on an empty disk. It won't permit me to use the existing partitions, it will only offer the option of repartitioning and using the whole disk. -- Bernard Peek Not necessarily speaking for: POSTer Audience Research -- POSTAR Ltd. 27 Sale Place, London, W2 1YR. (020 7479-9700) Bernard@postar.co.uk

In article <3.0.3.32.20010122102037.00743dbc@popd.ix.netcom.com>, Samy Elashmawy writes

At 03:52 PM 1/22/2001 +0000, Bernard Peek wrote:

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In article <3.0.3.32.20010122064412.00fd2cc4@popd.ix.netcom.com>, Samy Elashmawy writes

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Use redhat to get the partion scheam you want then do the install using those partions , just sprecify how to mount them ect..

I tried that. Yast uses fdisk to read the partition information, but on mys system that always fails. Yast interprets this as an attempt to install on an empty disk. It won't permit me to use the existing partitions, it will only offer the option of repartitioning and using the whole disk.

Hmm, realy odd , Ok can you thrash the drive or do you have data on it ? If you can trash the drive I would then try using the whole disk , then reinstall it.

Done that. It didn't work because the partition table was corrupt.

Next I would try installing 6.4 and if that works , try installing 7.0 over that. PIA I know. Have you defraged and done a scandisk on the dos partions ? and fschecked the linux partions ? Use one of those system on a flopy distros for this if you cant get linux started.

There are no DOS partitions, it's a Linux only system. I've already cleaned the disk and repartitioned several times.

Have you used any thing like partion magic or any funky boot loaders ? You may need to totaly reformat the disk and even reformat the MBR via a dos fdisk /MBR. also is the /boot partion below 1024 cyl ? other wise you will need the latest version of lilo.

The /BOOT partition was the first 16Mb of the disk, that's what Yast gave it. I tried manually partitioning using Red Hat and gave it a 21Mb /BOOT partition, that didn't work either. I know that there's nothing wrong with the disk because it's running the Red Hat distro perfectly. -- Bernard Peek Not necessarily speaking for: POSTer Audience Research -- POSTAR Ltd. 27 Sale Place, London, W2 1YR. (020 7479-9700) Bernard@postar.co.uk

In article <000001c0848e$127035a0$0300a8c0@bigboy>, Charles A Edwards writes

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-----Original Message----- From: Bernard Peek [mailto:Bernard@postar.co.uk] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:53 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] FDISK problem in SuSE 7.0

In article <3.0.3.32.20010122064412.00fd2cc4@popd.ix.netcom.com>, Samy Elashmawy writes

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Use redhat to get the partion scheam you want then do the install using those partions , just sprecify how to mount them ect..

I tried that. Yast uses fdisk to read the partition information, but on mys system that always fails. Yast interprets this as an attempt to install on an empty disk. It won't permit me to use the existing partitions, it will only offer the option of repartitioning and using the whole disk.

Did you choose Custom partitioning? If you did and the installation still will not allow you to proceed then there is something wrong with your partition table.

I can't use custom partitioning. I can select that option but it uses fdisk to read the partition table, and fdisk fails. The partition table seems to be perfectly OK, because Red Hat will boot from it.

Also with the KT7 you must have your drive connected to the standard IDE channel you can not use it in SuSE if it is connected to the ATA100 channel.

It's a standard KT7 board, not the KT7-RAID. I have an additional controller card with ATA100 ports and SuSE sees those OK. I could install Linux on hdg but that wouldn't help because would still need to write to the MBR on hda. -- Bernard Peek Not necessarily speaking for: POSTer Audience Research -- POSTAR Ltd. 27 Sale Place, London, W2 1YR. (020 7479-9700) Bernard@postar.co.uk