fdisk /dev/hda not enough space

jonnyblinux · 10-04-2005, 10:14 PM

I think I know why this is doing this but I want to make sure. I have a SATA-0 in my bios which is a 160gig harddrive.
-I've booted from slackware iso cd,
-logged in as root

However when I do fdisk /dev/hda1 it will say when trying to make a 2nd primary partition .. not enough space. What should be the label for that 160 gig harddrive , in bios its listed as SATA-0 and this is a 64bit Pentium D system. Is it hda2 hda3 etc
Confused

anomie · 10-04-2005, 10:53 PM

Quote:

What should be the label for that 160 gig harddrive

Try

Code:

fdisk -l

for details on the disk and its partitions.

Quote:

However when I do fdisk /dev/hda1

Is that a typo? You want to refer to the device, not the partition. (So in your example it should be /dev/hda.)

jonnyblinux · 10-04-2005, 11:08 PM

Yeah thats just a typo, trying to figure out what a SATA-0 harddrive should be called .. the place its specified for.. like /dev/hda or /dev/sda etc.. know which one ? Right now if I do fdisk/dev/hda and partition, it gives me a space error like .. not enough space in drive.

Heres what she says..

print
Disk /dev/hda: 664 MB, 664741888 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 80 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

So im pretty sure thats not partitioning the 160 gig harddrive that I want, guessing its something else. 1st full month of linux slackware bare with me. What should I use instead of hda ?

syg00 · 10-04-2005, 11:20 PM

You were asked to do a "fdisk -l" (ell as in list).
If you expect help please provide the info requested so we can.

jonnyblinux · 10-05-2005, 10:45 AM

Hey.. I tried the fdisk -l all it does it bring me to the same prompt

root@slackware:/# fdisk -l
root@slackware:/#

Thats it.

anomie · 10-05-2005, 11:04 AM

Maybe a slackware expert can help you. It does not appear to be seeing your SATA drive.

To doublecheck you can try the

Code:

hwinfo > hw-log

command. Then review the hw-log file for clues.

Good luck.

muddywaters · 10-05-2005, 11:23 AM

Have you seen this? http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/...?postid=311808

I'm not sure if this will help with your current problem but there is some excellent advice about partitioning for slackware in that post.

syg00 · 10-05-2005, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jonnyblinux
Hey.. I tried the fdisk -l all it does it bring me to the same prompt

root@slackware:/# fdisk -l
root@slackware:/#

Thats it.

Yeah but you didn't tell us. Might appear that the command didn't tell you anything, but that in itself is useful. You can't partition what the hardware can't see.
Which Slack kernel are you booting from the CD ??? - try sata.i instead
Hopefully should work, although some people have had problems with it as well.

BTW, I'd be betting that the /dev/hda you are having trouble with is a CD drive.