[NCLUG] RE: Hard Disk Configuration

[Matt Taggart]

"John Purser" writes...

> > 1.) Use fdisk under Linux. Its much nicer and cfdisk is even nicer. Besides
> > who wants to run DOS?
> 
> How?  Is this one if the disk utilities from the floppy images or run it
> under Linux?

fdisk is available on the install/rescue floppies and on any Linux system. You 
need to be root to run it and it lives in /sbin.

> > 2.) Did the RedHat 7.0 install prompt you to partition the disk or did it
> > just
> > do it/use the existing partitions?
> 
> I did not partition the disk.  I brought it home new, installed it, and put
> the Red Hat CD in the player.  During install it asked me if I wanted to
> manually set the partitions using DiskDruid or Fdisk, I said no.

Hmm, I wonder if the installer left you some space to allocate yourself. Could 
someone familiar with the RH 7.0 installer jump in here?

> > 3.) When doing a new install I almost always blow away the existing
> > partitions and make new ones. You might try that.
> 
> Isn't that what fdisk would do?  Let me try the Linux one.  Like I said, not
> afraid of re-installing.

Yes.

> > 4.) How do you know it's a 40GB disk?
> 
> Bought it new and have another just like it running on my W2K desktop.
> COULD be mis-labeled etc. but I'm betting I screwed something up instead.

Yeah, just wanted to make sure we're covering all the bases. Just in case you 
bought it from "Luke's used computer parts" (they do have the best prices in 
town though).

> > 5.) Are you sure the disk you're looking at is right one? Is there more than
> > one disk in the system?
> 
> Only hard drive on the system.

Ok good.

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Matt Taggart
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