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Thanks, Alexander ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Alexander Koch - <>< - aka Efraim - PGP - 0xE7694969 - Hannover - Germany
--- Begin Message ---Hi! My problem: Debian Linux 1.3.1 (Linux kernel 2.0.29) does not install properly on my system. I got the Linux version together with a book on Linux-databases, which recommends to install the following partitions: - prim 83 / 60 (within the 1024 cylinder boundary) - prim 82 130 - log 83 /usr 600 - log 83 /home 200 - log 83 /var 200 - log 83 /tmp 100 - log 83 /adabas 400 - log 83 /httpd 200 I already have 5 FAT16 (1 primary) and 4 HPFS partitions on my IBM DGHS09UW SCSI-drive but there is sufficient free space left. The block size seems to be 512. Error messages upon booting the kernel during istallation: - Warning: Unknown PCI device (104c:3d07). - Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card. - PPA: unable to initialize controller at 0x378, eror 2. The error messages upon partitioning/initialization: When I try to add the new partitions to the begin of the empty space, cfdisk 0.8i labels the remainder "unusable", after I add the two primary partitions (/ and swap). When I try to add the new partitions to the end of the unused space, or all of them as logical partitions, cfdisk installs all of them. But as soon as I try to initialize the new partitions, the system fails to work properly when I arrive at /dev/sda16 ("is the entire device, not just one partition"). Initializing the partitions in the reversed order yields: "Could not stat /dev/sda18 - no such file or directory" although cfdisk shows the correct entry in the partition table. What can I do to work around that problem? My system: OS: - DOS/Win3.1 - OS/2 Warp 4 (dual boot) - hopefully soon Debian Linux 1.3.1 (Linux kernel 2.0.29) Drives: - Maxtor 72004 (2 GB, EIDE) - IBM DGHS09 (9.1 GB UW-SCSI) - Plextor PX-6XCS 2.05 (CD-ROM, SCSI) Grafics-adapter: ELSA winner 2000 office, 4 MB (BIOS: 7.03.04; Bus: PCI) Colordepth: 8 bpp Resolution: 1280*1024 Refreshrate: 75 Hz Mainboard: Tyan Tomcat II, Revision: 3.02, BIOS: Award 4.51 PG 1996, Chipset: Triton2 Processor: AMD K5, 90 MHz RAM: 48 MB Soundcard: CreativeLabs Soundblaster 16 SCSI-board: Adaptec 2940UW Screen: IBM P70 Any help would be greatly appreciated! Best wishes and Happy New Year to all Linux experts out there! Martin Guttenberger
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