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02-19-2008, 01:40 PM
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 Idiot noob question I was trying to install dual boot, slackware with Windows XP, on my Dell laptop. I put the WinXP installation disk in and created a smaller partition for Windows and installed XP on that NTFS partition. I then put the first slackware installation disk in and ran cfdisk (it's easier than fdisk). cfdisk gave me the error message that I couldn't write to that drive because it's read only. I tried a bunch of different kernels but got the same message. So I tried Fedora Core. That installed fine on the unformatted part of the disk, but I noticed that it called the hard drive hdc instead of hda. I then tried the slackware installation disk again and ran cfdisk /dev/hdc, and there it was. But I've only got one hard drive. So what's going on? Like I said, it's an idiot question...      |
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02-19-2008, 01:40 PM
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| Re: Idiot noob question Ed LaBonte wrote: > ...but I noticed that it called the hard drive > hdc instead of hda. I then tried the slackware installation disk again > and ran cfdisk /dev/hdc, and there it was. But I've only got one hard > drive. So what's going on? Could it be that your floppy and CD drives are hda and hdb? Or of course vice versa. -- Two Ravens "...hit the squirrel..." |
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02-19-2008, 01:41 PM
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| Re: Idiot noob question -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In alt.os.linux.slackware, Ed LaBonte dared to utter, > But I've only got one hard drive. > So what's going on? Your hard drive is the secondary master, your CD-ROM is the primary master. CD-ROM is /dev/hda HDD is /dev/hdc That's directly opposite what is typical. - -- It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, Than for a man to hear the song of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:5 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBG+R9lKR45I6cfKARAlZNAKCAnmQ7o4vD9FW6wVl+Rr O/4udi4wCgtGNW hNv9gTXs1uK9QcgSdnFiepc= =nc8S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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