On 2009/05/06 18:01 (GMT+0200) Per Inge Oestmoen composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
On 2009/05/06 17:17 (GMT+0200) Per Inge Oestmoen composed:
linux-k9na:/home/siberia # tail -f /var/log/messages
Have you tried accessing it with a partitioning program yet? Until there are partitions, there is nothing for any user activity except a partitioning program to access.
Yes, by all means, read back to the start - I have tried both Yast2 and Yast, but I did not manage to get them to partition and format the large disk.
I saw your first post before anyone else replied to it. That you tried YaST2 told me nothing. YaST2 is a multifacted configurator with many ways to not do what actually needs doing. I never use it to create partitions. The only time I see it is after partitioning when it is run by the installer, when I use it exclusively to assign mount points to existing partitions. In your OP, you discussed formatting without discussing partitioning. Formatting (as the term is used by most people; technically partitioning is a special form of formatting, but most people limit use of the term to apply to creating filesystems on previously created partitions) on a HD is never possible until after partition(s) have been created. OTOH, you could 'fdisk -l' and see if there's any sign of its presence or any partitioning on it. If you partitioned it with Vista, it may be that YaST2 does not understand what Vista did to it. If there are no partitions at all .... -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org