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Topic: 0.7.1 can't read HD partition, DSL can't recognize the hda partition

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mpie

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Posted: June 19 2004,22:34

or for a more graphical view cfdisk create new entersize make bootable then write then run mklilo and bob's you're aunty

JeremyD

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Posted: June 22 2004,15:42

I am having the same problem, also with version 0.7.1

If i run cfdisk, /dev/hda1 shows up there as a valid, bootable linux partition. But when I run dsl-hdinstall, I tell it to use /dev/hda1 and it says it cannot detect a linux partition. I have rebooted several times and the partition is mountable. I'm not sure whats going on. Any ideas???

JeremyD

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Posted: June 22 2004,15:51

Got it to work.....thats a pretty nice glitch.....

The program dsl-hdinstall always spits out an error when told '/dev/hda1', but just punching in '/hda1' worked. Hmmmmmm.......

roberts

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Posted: June 22 2004,17:16

Not if you follow the instructions/example/prompts

Enter the target partition. (EXAMPLE: hda2):

Stefan
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Posted: July 07 2004,21:51

Hi fellas,

I experienced exactly this problem as well: The HD is formatted as described in this thread and still - if I try the HD-install via dsl-hdinstall, I can enter whatever I like (in my case, the disk is hdg1) in any combination with /dev or /mnt or standalone: The error message is always like described above: "... no Linux partition found .. try restart ... blabla"

Looking at /etc/fstab I see, that the device /hdg1 is marked "read only" - could this possibly a cause for the error? (Of couse - I did the "dsl-hdinstall" out of a root-xterm)

When doing the fdisk, the system complaints that the HD has more than 1024 blocks (>9700 or so): How about this - could it possibly be an other part in the puzzle?

Any help or comment is welcome!

Thanx in advance,

STEFAN

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