Re: [suse-sparc] Partitioning Hard Drives on Ultra Creator I

From: Nate Locke (nlocke@louisw.org)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 12:49:46 PDT

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    Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 12:49:46 -0700
    From: Nate Locke <nlocke@louisw.org>
    Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Partitioning Hard Drives on Ultra Creator I
    

    the command prompt way to partition in Linux is: fdisk
    usually it is followed by the drive info.
    so if for example your scsi disk is on ID #3, that would be fdisk /dev/sdd
    sda = scsi drive 1, sdb = scsi drive 2, and so on.

    Walker, John wrote:

    > Where can I find some specific information on partitioning multiple hard
    > drives on my Ultra Creator I. Have a 2GB internal SCSI drive and 2 external
    > 2GB SCSI drives. The YAST2 installer with Suse-Sparc 7.1 will only allow me
    > to select one of the drives for partitioning in the "automatic" install
    > mode. Don't know enough about partitioning drives under linux yet to go
    > into "expert" install mode. Tried some brief searches for partitioning info
    > on a Suse-Sparc setup but only seem to find "How-To's" for Intel based
    > machines. Any pointers or leads on where I can get the info would be most
    > appreciated.
    >
    > John Walker
    >
    >



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