Subject: Re: fdisk install probs
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Wed Sep 22 1999 - 15:00:17 MDT
Reboot after you partition!
On 22 Sep 1999, John Holm wrote:
> I'm having problems with fdisk while trying to install champion server 1.1 (from CD) on a beige g3.
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> On an external scsi 2G, i have a 400 meg HFS partition. I configure a 1 gig root partition, a 128 meg swap partition and ~500M extra partition on index 6,7 and 8.
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> All seems fine, but when i go to save the map, i get a "pdisk: re-read of partition table failed. (device or resource busy) reboot your system to ensure the table is updated"
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> When I quit, I get an fdisk "error reading partition table for the block device /tmp/sdb error was:device not configured"
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> The installation manual says to just hit skip drive. At which point I get a "Segmentation Fault. install ended abnormally. sending termination, kill signals, unmounting. you may safely reboot your system."
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> Then I have to turn the power off.
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> I've restarted and tried this several times. Any advice?
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> --
> John Holm
> john@commandzdesign.com
>
> Command-Z Design
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Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Yellow Dog Linux
"The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
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