Re: Slackw. COLOR144 inst. prob

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From: Scott Simpson
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <mib.813892681@deakin.edu.au>, mib@deakin.edu.au says...
>
>Nick Boehling <75574.2637@CompuServe.COM> writes:
>>After using fdisk on /dev/hdb2 to make /dev/hdb21 (A linux 
>>Native).  And run SETUP it says that I have not specified a Linux 
>>Native partition, but I did!
>
>You should not fdisk partitions (i.e., /dev/hdb2) but only entire disk
>devices (in this case, /dev/hdb).
>
> - Mike
>

I also have the same problem, I believe my partitions are set up properly, and 
both my linux native, and swap partitions show up when I use fdisk /dev/hdb.

Any suggestions anyone?

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From: scott@user1.channel1.com (Scott Simpson)
Subject: Re: Slackw. COLOR144 inst. prob
Date: 1995/11/29
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