Re: [TCLUG:11346] Linux and 17GB

[Tim Ylitalo <timo@localhost.localdomain>]

I've got an interesting note on that.  I just installed today on a new 20g
drive and had trouble getting cfdisk to do the following: don't ask me
why.  fdisk had no trouble with it, but cfdisk would only let me create
/dev/hda5 to fill /dev/hda4.  It wouldn't let me create a swap partition,
or remove /dev/hda5.  I used fdisk after writing the partion table to
remove hda5 and create hda5 and hda6, with no trouble.  ideas?

/dev/hda1       <fat32 
/dev/hda2       /boot
/dev/hda3       /
/dev/hda4       <extended>
/dev/hda5       <swap>
/dev/hda6       /home


On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Thomas Veldhouse wrote:

> What program did you use to partition your hard disk for Linux?  I have
> found the if you use fdisk, you may have such problems.  Try using cfdisk
> instead.  It sets apparent geometry differently.  Also, you could try
> changing the setting in your bios away from DOS orientation.
>