Subject: Re: Install Swap Problems!
From: Scott R. Every (scott@emji.net)
Date: Sat Jun 17 2000 - 23:10:23 MDT
just create a regular partition with the 'c' command and name it 'swap'
the installer will then treat that as a swap partition.
pdisk sux...i just went thru the same issue....
s
--On Saturday, June 17, 2000 10:07 PM -0700 GoRN ToTheRescue
<zgornz@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Okay first before you say it:
> RTFM, i know, but the ftp site for the install tutorial is down or
> something.
>
> okay heres the problem:
> I can boot to lin with the ramdisk and vmlinux then i can read the cdrom
> but the partitioning doesn't work. i can create 1 for / but for swap i
> need to know the type, i know the number is 82 but pdisk doesn't let you
> use them (the install calls it fdisk but it's pdisk)
>
> does anyone know the type this is? Like ext2 is Apple_UNIX_SVR2?
> if you have yellow dog running if you could please check by typing "pdisk
> /dev/hda" and then hiting "p". thanks!
>
>
> - GoRN Out -
> ^D
> EOF
>
> =====
> Dunt Dunt Duh...
> GoRN To The Rescue,
> Yet Again!
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>
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