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HELP NEEDED - Installing ARMLinux

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From: Al McRonald
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 00:00

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I have been trying to install ARMLinux on my SA RiscPC.  To do this the
installation instructions say that your hard disc needs reformatting to give
it 2 Linux partitions - one for the main files and the other the swap area. 
I have backed up all my data onto one of my other hard discs and tried to
reformat my hard disc (a 1039MB capacity one) into one of about 500MB.  This
should give me about 500MB to install Linux onto.  Went !HForm as finished I
have a 500ishMB HD on the icon bar as I would expect.  Then however when I
run !PartMan to try and edit the paritions it says:

Partition   Start Sector   End Sector     Size   Type
                       0      2127887   1039MB   Free

The installation instructions say it should be along the lines of:

Partition   Start Sector   End Sector     Size   Type
        1              0       590549      288   Filecore
                  590550       836069      121   Free

Can anyone help by telling me how to use HForm to set it up so that I can
create my Linux partitions and thus allowing me to install ARMLinux?

Cheers,

al


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From: Al McRonald <mcron@argonet.co.uk>
Subject: HELP NEEDED - Installing ARMLinux
Date: 1997/12/11
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