I'm having a problem with the installation of my Linux machine and am asking for help. I have an computer setup that has a motherboard that is using the i440bx chipset. I've disabled the onboard IDE, and am attempting to use an add-on IDE card from Promise.
I can boot with the boot disk that I made (bare.i) and am using the color.gz root disk. I'm to the point were I need to format the hard drive. You know setup root , swap, and home partitions. But if i run the command:
fdisk /dev/hda
it says it cannot open the device. The IDE card is working, and It recognizes my drive. Could it be that Linux has it classified as something other than /dev/hda? Because it's an add-on IDE card? I've tried /dev/sda and any others that I know about. But I don't know about alot. So any help would be apreciated.
Also what is the best way to clear off a drive. I mean no linux files or partitions. Also no Windows files or DOS partitions?
Just remove the partions with fdisk under Linux?
Thanks
I can boot with the boot disk that I made (bare.i) and am using the color.gz root disk. I'm to the point were I need to format the hard drive. You know setup root , swap, and home partitions. But if i run the command:
fdisk /dev/hda
it says it cannot open the device. The IDE card is working, and It recognizes my drive. Could it be that Linux has it classified as something other than /dev/hda? Because it's an add-on IDE card? I've tried /dev/sda and any others that I know about. But I don't know about alot. So any help would be apreciated.
Also what is the best way to clear off a drive. I mean no linux files or partitions. Also no Windows files or DOS partitions?
Just remove the partions with fdisk under Linux?
Thanks
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