help partitioning disk

shiroma · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

i followed the handbook untill i got to adding the boot partition. the handbook says
Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 14 105808+ 83 Linux

but mine says

Disk /dev/hda: 20.5 GB, 20525137920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2495 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 5 40131 83 Linux

what did i do wrong?

marcus0263 · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:01 pm Post subject:

from the command prompt do a fdisk -l
<that's a lower case el not a one>

you should get something that would look like this (be advised I've sliced my drive up in multipule file systems)

dgaffuri · Advocate Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 2078 Location: Italy

shiroma · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

ok now im past that but my wireless card still doesnt work

dgaffuri · Advocate Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 2078 Location: Italy

Seems like a different problem. Which card?

marcus0263 · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject:

shiroma · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

i dont kow much about this so how do i find out?

dgaffuri · Advocate Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 2078 Location: Italy

It's a PCMCIA card? If it is look at what is printed on the card. If not post lspci output.

shiroma · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

ithink
0000:00:13.1 network controler: texas instruments acx 100 22mbps wireless interface

dgaffuri · Advocate Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 2078 Location: Italy

There's an acx100 package in portage. You may try to emerge it and check documentation.

shiroma · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

how do i do this?

marcus0263 · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:47 am Post subject:

shiroma · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

i type in emerge but command not found

marcus0263 · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:03 am Post subject:

shiroma · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

in the hadbook i am at 5.b

5.b. Default: Using a Stage from the Internet

Downloading the Stage Tarball

marcus0263 · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:12 am Post subject:

Ok you've just started.

I'm assuming you don't have a wired LAN, your network is wireless.

If that's the case you're going to have to do a no network install off a CD. Check the gentoo site and it'll give you the instructions for that, then once it's done you can configure your wireless once you've got a working system.

Me, I prefer hardwired LAN's and only like wireless for mobile devices. So I'm not the best one to help you on wireless.....

Sorry
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shiroma · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

thanks for the info

marcus0263 · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:17 am Post subject: