fdisk on a scuzzy drive

hitest · 01-06-2006, 10:12 PM

Gentlemen,

I've used slack a long time, but, I've never installed slack on a scuzzy drive. A few questions.

1. To fire up fdisk would it be fdisk /dev/sda?
2. Does slackware recognize scuzzy hard drives?

Thank you for any and all replies.

later,

alienDog · 01-06-2006, 11:49 PM

1. Most likely
2. Yes, provided that you are running kernel that has SCSI support

hitest · 01-06-2006, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alienDog

1. Most likely
2. Yes, provided that you are running kernel that has SCSI support

Thanks man! I was using the bare.i kernel, no wonder it didn't work! I appreiciate that:-)

hitest · 01-07-2006, 12:31 AM

Okay.
Another question. When the 1st install cd boots which scsi kernel should I choose? Please pardon the n00b scsi question:-) Is there more than one?

hitest · 01-07-2006, 12:46 AM

Thanks for the tip, alienDog:-) fdisk done. full install underway.

hitest · 01-07-2006, 01:57 AM

Thanks, alienDog:-) Install complete, KDE 3.4 up and running on my IBM Plll 800 eServer:-)
I love Slackware:-)