hard drive setup

[erik burggraaf]

What I did was to use a bootable flopy to boot into slackware.  Oncwe the
kernel and some basic componantes were loaded into ramdisk, I was able to
run fdisk.  Detales are quite well spelled out in the instalation howto that
is available from the speakup ftp server.
Watch out!  The howto states at one point that very little is going on, when
actually, you get a wealth of valuable info from the program.  The important
tidbit in this case is that you need a linux swap partition, and the type
code for linux swap is 82.  I missed this on the first pass or two.  Other
than that, the howto is thurough and clear, and you should have very little
problem with it.
If there's anything I can do to help, just let me know.
Cheers,
Erik
"I'm not a monster; I'm a friend who raves and drules."
The killjoys
email:  erik at erik-burggraaf.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn Ervin <glennervin at cableone.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: hard drive setup


> Erik,
> If I have not yet installed linux, how can I use a Linux version of f
disk?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "erik burggraaf" <erik at erik-burggraaf.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 8:16 PM
> Subject: Re: hard drive setup
>
>
> It sounds like you're running fdisk for dos.  Fdisk for linux doesn't have
> the prompt for partitioning large disks as far as I remember.  It just
does.
> Also, if you're installing slack, you'll need an infinitessimal swap
> partition, which must be created with fdisk for linux or or partition
magic
> for linux.  Fdisk is probabley your best bet, though.  I used it because
it
> was right there in my slackware instalation package.
> Hope this helps,
> Erik
> "I'm not a monster; I'm a friend who raves and drules."
> The killjoys
> email:  erik at erik-burggraaf.com
> visit the sort'a half website:  www.erik-burggraaf.com
> Rico via MSN:  gooderik at hotmail.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Glenn Ervin <glennervin at cableone.net>
> To: linux - speakup <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 9:09 PM
> Subject: hard drive setup
>
>
> > I just ran f disk on my second harddrive, 8.1 GB.
> > I have set no partitions yet.
> > I did not enable large disk detection, and therefore, it can only set 2
> > active partitions.
> > If I enable large drive detection, I believe it will be setting it to
FAT
> > 32.
> > Will this have an adverse effect on installing Linux?
> > And can someone give me their preferred partition sizes and number of
> > partitions for an 8.1 GB drive?
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > "Live long and prosper",
> > O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny)
> > N0YJV
> > Northeast Nebraska
> > e-mail:
> > glennervin at cableone.net
> > The above address can also be found on MSM.
> > or my work e-mail:
> > gErvin at ncbvi.state.ne.us
> >
> >
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