partitioning

ysz · 09-17-2007, 01:35 PM

hi,
1 boot slack 11 from dvd
2 logon as root
3 command "cfdisk"
4 partition
-bootable partition (chose type as linux)
-swap partition (chose type as swap linux)
-root partition (chose type as linux)
5 command "W" and type "yes"
6 then command "q"
7 command "setup"
8 WARNING!! there don't seem the partition for linux. you must make at least one partition for linux. or something like that.

how can i do for this??

and also, actually i want to dual boot slack with windows vista. cuz my laptop is preinstalled vista. but when i command cfdisk, there is just free space for partitioning. nothing appears as the partition for vista even though i use it right now. what does it mean??

i really need your help....

tramni1980 · 09-17-2007, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ysz

hi,
1 boot slack 11 from dvd
2 logon as root
3 command "cfdisk"
4 partition
-bootable partition (chose type as linux)
-swap partition (chose type as swap linux)
-root partition (chose type as linux)
5 command "W" and type "yes"
6 then command "q"
7 command "setup"
8 WARNING!! there don't seem the partition for linux. you must make at least one partition for linux. or something like that.

how can i do for this??

and also, actually i want to dual boot slack with windows vista. cuz my laptop is preinstalled vista. but when i command cfdisk, there is just free space for partitioning. nothing appears as the partition for vista even though i use it right now. what does it mean??

i really need your help....

Please post the output of:
fdisk -l

onebuck · 09-17-2007, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ysz

hi,
1 boot slack 11 from dvd
2 logon as root
3 command "cfdisk"
4 partition
-bootable partition (chose type as linux)
-swap partition (chose type as swap linux)
-root partition (chose type as linux)
5 command "W" and type "yes"
6 then command "q"
7 command "setup"
8 WARNING!! there don't seem the partition for linux. you must make at least one partition for linux. or something like that.

how can i do for this??

and also, actually i want to dual boot slack with windows vista. cuz my laptop is preinstalled vista. but when i command cfdisk, there is just free space for partitioning. nothing appears as the partition for vista even though i use it right now. what does it mean??

i really need your help....

Hi,

If you did a 'cfdisk /dev/your_device' to create the partitions then just re-boot the system to update the partition table.

That way the update will be available for the setup program. I like to format my partitions before the setup;

Code:

~#mke2fs -c -j -L LinuxLabel /dev/Your_device
                                             #-c bad block check
                                             #-j ext3 journaled
                                             #-L volume label
~#mkswap -c /dev/Your_Swap                   #create swap but
                                             #don't swapon

You can 'man mke2fs' to more information.

ysz · 09-19-2007, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tramni1980

Please post the output of:
fdisk -l

Code:

root@slackware:/#fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda:100.0GB, 100030242816 bytes
255heads, 63sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units= cylinders of 16065*512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot  Starts  End    Blocks   Id   System
/dev/sda1       1    365    2929689  27   Unknown
Partition1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 *   365   6809   51757083   7   HPFS/NIFS
/dev/sda3    6809  10699   31248384   f   W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda4   10699  12162   11748555   c   W95 FAT32 (LBA)

.../dev/sda?
when i tried partitioning with "cfdisk," there was like "Disk Drive: /dev/hda"
is that the problem? or.......i'm really confused.

tramni1980 · 09-20-2007, 03:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ysz

Code:

root@slackware:/#fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda:100.0GB, 100030242816 bytes
255heads, 63sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units= cylinders of 16065*512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot  Starts  End    Blocks   Id   System
/dev/sda1       1    365    2929689  27   Unknown
Partition1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 *   365   6809   51757083   7   HPFS/NIFS
/dev/sda3    6809  10699   31248384   f   W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda4   10699  12162   11748555   c   W95 FAT32 (LBA)

.../dev/sda?
when i tried partitioning with "cfdisk," there was like "Disk Drive: /dev/hda"
is that the problem? or.......i'm really confused.

So your hard drive is recognized as /dev/sda. The partition /dev/sda1 should be for your Linux system, shouldn't it? If this is the case you just have to set its type to "Linux". This is done by toggling type label 82. 83 is for swap. I use fdisk for disk partitioning. With fdisk just type:
fdisk /dev/sda
1 #the partition number
t #change type
82 #code for the type of partition- "Linux" in this case
w # save changes and exit

Then you might want to create a swap partition. Set its label to 83.

T3slider · 09-20-2007, 09:21 PM

Isn't 83 Linux and 82 Linux swap?