The first thing you should do when you boot the slackware installation
and logon as root is to type
fdisk -l
This will list what drives and partitions were recognized by
slackware - (not all devices are automatically recognized -I found that
out when I installed slackware - so check on far right of listing to see)
And another thing is with fdisk you have to delete any partitions that
you have already created before you can define new ones so you may
need to delete current partitions first ( only the ones you need to redefine
of course)After deleting don't forget to use the w option to write the changes or your changes will not be recognized.
To delete partitions type:
fdisk /dev/hda
then type d
then type partiton number for deletion
then type w to write the changes to disk
Do this exact same thing for your other partions you want to delete
This description assumes that your first disk has no partitions on it
1.Type fdisk /dev/hda then enter
2.Type n then enter (for new)
3.Type p then enter (for primary partiton)
4:Type 1 then enter (for 1st partiton)
5:Now this next sizing step is up to you -
Screen will look like this:
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder(1- somenumber, default 1) -- Just hit enter to accept default
Last cylinder or +size or +size --- Choose size for example +64M
Hit enter
Then type t and enter ---- for type of partition
Then type partition number and enter --- same as number of partition you just created - 1
Then type 82 --- This is code for swap partitiion in Linux
Type enter
Then type w --- This writes changes to disk
At prompt type fdisk -l to see if your swap partiton is there.
Of course you will probably want to create your regular Linux partition
to so setup sees that also
As long as the swap partiton is present then it should show up for
mounting in setup
I know this is long explanation but I try to be perfectly clear when I attempt to help someone
Please let me know if this helped
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