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Topic: partitioning and formating, my hda1 boot partition not recognized

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cbagger01

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Posted: Sep. 25 2005,05:50

I advise to open an xterminal window and type

sudo su
cfdisk /dev/hda

(then set up your 1st partition for Linux, write, exit and reboot)

sudo su
mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda1
exit
exit

reboot again and your newly formatted partition should be autodetected.

avenger

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Posted: Sep. 26 2005,04:09

Thanks I'll give it a try.

avenger

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Posted: Sep. 26 2005,04:11

how do you open an xterminal window?

cbagger01

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Posted: Sep. 27 2005,04:16

Umm..

Single-click or double-click on the "XTerminal" desktop icon.

Or right-click on some unused part of the desktop and choose:

XShells -> Dark

from the main menu.