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I was trying to install Slackware 10.1 before downloading Slamd64 but the installer is not able to find my linux partitions. Neither fdisk nor cfdisk are able to read my partitions on /dev/sda as well. They show an error message saying that "unable to open device". Running the two commands under SuSE 9.3 Prof 64-bit is just fine:
Code:
linux:/home/basel # fdisk -v
fdisk v2.12q
linux:/home/basel # cfdisk -v
cfdisk 2.12q
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I have a Serial ATA hardisk under /dev/sda. Here is the output of fstab under SuSE:
Well, then select sata.i because the default is bare.i.
If you don't want to reinstall, boot with the CD, and copy sata.i and the files System.map and config asociated with it.
To do this, mount the harddisk somewhere like /mnt/hd
Then copy the files chroot to it and re-run lilo.
Edit: The commands after booting with sata.i using the CD would be something like:
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