help with the livecd

Forum: Laptops
Topic: help with the livecd
started by: darkvicoamao

Posted by darkvicoamao on Mar. 29 2006,20:09

i wanna use cfdisk with the livecd and say me "cannot open the disk drive", i dont know why, plz help

Posted by dtf on Mar. 29 2006,23:24

What is the command you are trying and are you sure you are specifying the correct drive. I you use fdisk -l you can see what you currently have.

eliza:/home/dtf # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 24320 195350368+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 131 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdb2 132 2741 20964825 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 2742 9729 56131110 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdb5 2742 9725 56098948+ 83 Linux
eliza:/home/dtf #

I have two drives I can configure /dev/hda and /dev/hdb.

If I want to configure /dev/hda then I enter

cfdisk /dev/hda

Posted by green on Mar. 30 2006,01:57

you would also need to be root to use cfdisk.

sudo su
cfdisk /dev/xxxx

where xxxx equals the drive designation.

Posted by darkvicoamao on Mar. 30 2006,15:41

let me explain better

im noob in linux first,

i using the livecd to boot my old laptop, later i try to use the cfdisk command, to make partitions on the disk in the laptop to make a install from the livecd to the disk.

i dont know what is the password for the root in the livecd.

Posted by darkvicoamao on Mar. 30 2006,15:53

the sudo su command work fine for me thanks, let me check