CFDISK problem
Forum: HD Install
Topic: CFDISK problem
started by: potemkin
Posted by potemkin on Oct. 05 2005,18:03
HelloI have a problem with my cfdisk...and things in general :|
Well, first of all, I am trying to install DSL on a 4.5 year-old laptop...Pentium III, 700MHz, 64 RAM ...
And anyway...I can boot into DSL from the CD no problem, but if I stop doing something (typing, moving mouse around, etc) DSL freezes :\
But here's the big problem - I can't run cfdisk for some reason. When I try to execute "cfdisk" it gives me the following error:
FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive
Press any key to exit cfdisk
does anyone know how I can fix that?
thanx!
Posted by potemkin on Oct. 05 2005,18:47
Neverming the cfdisk problem...if i do "sudo cfdisk" it worksHowever DSL still does freeze
Posted by doobit on Oct. 05 2005,18:51
Explain the process up until the system freezes.
Posted by potemkin on Oct. 05 2005,20:38
well, there is none. if u leave it alone for like 2 minutes without moving the mouse or pressing any keys (at any point in time) it system halts :\
Posted by potemkin on Oct. 05 2005,23:32
i figured out the problem. it was the laptop's suspend-to-hard-drive setting. if I dispable suspension than everything works fine, otherwise it just hangs, and doesn't resume at all for some weird reason :S
Posted by doobit on Oct. 06 2005,13:22
Ahhh, That's a problem with a lot of laptops. They don't like to resume from suspend.