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Topic: DSL install on an SATA hard drive, SATA harddrives

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JohnTorex

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Posted: July 24 2006,09:03

can anyone shed some light on this as i see to be falling into the google 'not quite the right search keyword' well.

my question. can i install dsl on an SATA drive.

if this is possible. does anyone have a URL for the instructions.

many thanks, in advance.

jb

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Posted: July 24 2006,09:07

Yes you can, the use should be the same as normal IDE hdd's except you would use sdXx instead of hdXx.

JohnTorex

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Posted: July 24 2006,09:40

thanks i thought the answer was yes, which is why i don't understand my situation.

i have an SATA drive. i have booted up with the DSL LIVECD. version 3.0.1.

i manage to boot to the dsl desktop. from here i click ATerminal, then at the prompt dsl@box:~$ i then type sudo su.
this puts me at the prompt bash-2.05b#
i then type cfdisk /dev/sda and get
FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive Press any key to exist cfdisk

what am i doing wrong.

thanks

jb

kerry

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Posted: July 24 2006,09:53

try> fdisk /dev/sda

or you can grab a copy of gparted live cd which makes working with partions a snap-> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

JohnTorex

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Posted: July 24 2006,09:59

okay.

have tried fdisk /dev/sda and got unable to open /dev/sda
also tried sda1, sda2 same error.
i used gparted to create the original partition, ext3

what am i meant to be doing in gparted.
maybe i have used this incorrectly.

best regards

jb

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