Re: fdisk not working


Subject: Re: fdisk not working
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Sat May 06 2000 - 19:09:00 MDT


This is exactly what you need to do to make it work. We're fixing this
nice little annoyance in the new installer so it won't be a problem in the
future! :)

> When I run the installer on my iBook, I get the same effect. After trying a
> couple of things, I found that this sequence worked for me: Run fdisk at the
> usual time, edit the partition map, write the map, get the warning message,
> quit from fdisk, reboot, and then run through the initial configuration up
> the fdisk part, but this time just do "Done" at the Partition Disks dialog
> box (rather than "fdisk"). On the following "Current Disk Partitions"
> screen, all the partitions appear (the ones that I set up the first time
> through). See if that does the trick for you...

Regards,
Dan

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