trouble with HD

Forum: HD Install
Topic: trouble with HD
started by: DonttPanic

Posted by DonttPanic on July 27 2004,14:17

i just got somone's junk tower, and found an HD that wasnt being used. the hd has 2 gb and the tower has a P1. i can get DSL running on the tower, but i cant seem to access the HD and cant get it to install dsl on the hd. i cant get it to format or partition the hd. the hd used to have windows on it (i think it was 95) but that was erased from it. i think DSL recognises the hd. im not sure how the jumper is set up or how it's supposed to be set up

i tried running cfdisk, but it wouldn't/couldn't access the hd

Posted by mpie on July 27 2004,14:42

did you try as root! sudo cfdisk :cool:

Posted by DonttPanic on July 27 2004,21:56

thanks, that worked perfectly. im new to linux, so i wasnt sure what to do

Posted by mpie on July 27 2004,22:42

dim problems................I'm only 2 months in but the support here is fantastic