[NCLUG] RE: Hard Disk Configuration

[Eric Brunson]

Slightly off topic, but is disk druid available outside of the redhat
installer?  That's a pretty nice interface.

e.

* Matt Taggart (matt at lackof.org) [010622 11:21]:
> 
> "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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