Hlp! gentoo install with minimal CD %

enoscent · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2010 Posts: 1

I used unetbootin In windows 7 to make a 4 GB live USB with gentoo minimal .
So I have a 120 GB disk 0 :
c:30 gb
d: 20gb
e:20 gb
f:20gb
h:25gb ...this is where i want to install gentoo and i found out using fdisk that this is sda6 .

I logged in and created partitioins as given i handbook all right and i got three sub-partitions:

/dev/sda6p1..boot
/dev/sda6p2 ...swap
/dev/sda6p3...root

and when as pr the book i went to create filesystem so i type "
#mke2fs /dev/sda6p1
mke2fs 1.41.9 [august 09] --no such file or directory

but! when i do :

#fdisk /dev/sda6

command :p
I get a partition table showing me the three partitioins so what`s wrong ??? I re-read the handbook yet I don`t get it .

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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:15 pm Post subject:

enoscent,

You have attempted to partition a partition. The tools let you do it but its useless.

Delete the partition sda6 and split the space into three partitions, they will be sda6, sda7 and sda8
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