Installing Slackware on a primary slave (/dev/hdb)
I have already Debian Linux installed on /dev/hda2 (root) and /dev/hda6 (home) and I don't want to mess it up.
I have a new hard disk which is connected as primary slave (/dev/hdb) but it doesn't show up in the partition manager. I want to install Slackware 10.0 on the primary slave but before that I'd like to create a partition for Slackware on the new hard disk. Can anybody tell me any good partition managers which can detect the new disk. cfdisk failed with an error message (something to do with partition table inconsistency). I would really like to create new partitions outside of the Slackware setup environment (the boot disc) and then load the setup program. Any recommendations? None of my partitioning tools have detected the new disk so far, but it's visible to the BIOS. |
Just use fdisk from slackware setup. when you boot from CD or install floppy, the setup routines don't run until you call them -you have a chance beforehand to create partitions before starting setup, and can also reboot without problems.
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Re: Installing Slackware on a primary slave (/dev/hdb)
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Are you certain it's on the ribbon cable with /dev/hda? Quote:
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and then login as root and then issue "cfdisk" before you ever enter the setup program. Then you can reboot your computer before you actually enter the setup program. Quote:
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There are several *fdisk programs around. Each has its problems and that tell you to use Linux tools for Linux, and Windoze tools for Windoze... |
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