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oc666
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 Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:41 am Post subject: Preparing the disk section |
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Hello.
I'm installing gentoo & I stuck on the section of making the filesystem.
I created 3 partitions: | Code: | # fdisk /dev/hda5
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3087.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda5: 25.3 GB, 25399632384 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3087 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda5p1 * 1 5 40131 83 Linux
/dev/hda5p2 6 68 506047+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda5p3 69 3087 24250117+ 83 Linux
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when I run the command: | Code: | # mke2fs /dev/hda5p1
mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005)
Could not stat /dev/hda5p1 --- No such file or directory
The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?
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The command failed.
Somebody know how to fix this?
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Dieter@be
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:45 am Post subject: |
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it's not
its:
you want to partition a hard disk, you don't want to partition a partition, right? 
so you need to make some partitions on /dev/hda (hda1,hda2,hda3,...) and then put filesystems on those
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oc666
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 10:51 am Post subject: |
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No. I want to create Gentoo only on /dev/hda5, cause my Windows is on my /dev/hda1. So, could I do this?
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tane_stelzer
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: |
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like he said do it will show all the partitons on hda which includes windows and all the other partitions on that hard drive. Tehn you just delete the partition hda5 and then from that free space you can partiton it to the need which in minimum means 2 partitions but if you follow the handbook 3 partitions. 1 swap and 1 root and 1 boot if you choose to only 2 partitions then the swap and the root partition which then includes the boot partition. Oh yeah if you find fdisk a bit confusing you could its a bit easier but you have to figure out how to read by googling or good luck.
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oc666
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: |
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I have to use logical partition. Is that correct?
This is my creation: | Code: | Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 11504 92405848+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 11505 14592 24804360 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 * 11505 11517 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 11518 11700 1469916 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7 11701 14592 23229958+ 83 Linux
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| have to be on a primary partition i beleive. |
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nitbix
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You will run into the 4 partition limit so I think you will have no choice than creating this structure:
hda1 -> ntfs
hda2 -> fat
hda3 -> linux ( root partition )
hda4 -> linux swap
You could maybe make hda4 extended and creating swap + something else in it, but since /boot and / must be in a primary partition, otherwise the bootloader can't boot the os, you have no choice but to use only one partition for both.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:41 am Post subject: |
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| davascript wrote: | | have to be on a primary partition i beleive. |
No, this is a DOS/Windows limitation. Linux can boot and run from any partition. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:00 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | No, this is a DOS/Windows limitation. Linux can boot and run from any partition. |
My mistake sorry |
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Dieter@be
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why 2 filesystems for windows?
i would just make hda1 windows, and then 2,3,4 for linux?
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oc666
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| Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:11 am Post subject: |
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| Dieter@be wrote: | why 2 filesystems for windows?
i would just make hda1 windows, and then 2,3,4 for linux? |
I think it's for ghost. I'm not sure about this. I'm install Gentoo through SSH connection on computer which I don't realy familiar with.
Now, It's work at the end & I finished the install, but I have another problem with the X server.
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