Re: [TCLUG:6306] RH Installation

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

That's the RedHat installer trying to be generic so "sda" and "hda"
differences don't break the installer.  Disk druid doesn't work.  Use
`fdisk` instead.

Peter Lukas

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Chris Kesler wrote:

> I've seen this before.  Don't use disk druid to create your partitions. 
> It works okay for naming their mount points, but it's not good for much
> else.  /tmp/hda7, /tmp/hda8, etc. are not devices.  They should be
> /dev/hda7, /dev/hda8, and so on.  And what the heck is /dev/root? 
> 
> My advice would be try a reinstall, and use the fdisk program to remove
> and then recreate all of your partitions.
> 
> 
> On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Perry Hoekstra wrote:
> 
> > I had previously posted a problem getting RH6.0 installed on my machine at
> > work.  After trying various things, I decided to step down one and try a RH
> > 5.x installation and then upgrade (thinking it may be a bug in the RH
> > installation program).  Well, the same problem shows up on a RH 5.1
> > installation.  I did a df -k on my drives with the following results:
> > 
> >                   1024-blocks      Used    Available    Capacity
> > Mounted On
> > /dev/root                1932       887         945         48%         /
> > /tmp/hdc               491142    491142           0        100%
> > /tmp/rhimage
> > /tmp/hda7             1243719     18076     1161385          2%         /mnt/
> > /tmp/hda8              124407    124407           0        100%
> > /mnt/usr
> > /tmp/hda9              124407     4284       113699          4%
> > /mnt/var
> > 
> > 
> > It looks like my /usr partition is the same as my /var partition which is
> > 125MB.  Yet I defined it in Disk Druid as 1250MB.  I know Disk Druid is
> > creating a 1250MB partition because I can see it in Disk Administrator
> > (NT).  The disk drive is a Western Digital 28400/8.4GB IDE drive.  Any
> > ideas why the RH installation program thinks my 1250MB partition is 125MB?
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Perry Hoekstra - dutchman@mn.uswest.net
> > -------------------------------------------------
> > All that is Microsoft does not glitter,           
> > Not all those who wander are lost;                 
> > The old AT&T Unix that is strong does not wither, 
> > Deep roots are not reached by frost.              
> > 
> > >From the ashes of Spec1170 a fire shall be woken,
> > A light from the shadows shall spring;            
> > Renewed shall be the Unix OS that was broken,     
> > Linux shall be king.        
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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