I'm trying to install Slink from a bootable CDROM into my /dev/hda2 partition (which I'm intending to split into several partitions for various bits of the installation at install-time.) The dbootstrap program gets as far as the `Partition a Hard Drive' stage, where it runs cfdisk, which bombs out with a fatal error message claiming I have a `Bad Partition Table.' It offers to delete the partition table and continue, but warns that this will delete all data on the disc, so I'm rather unwilling to do it (I have a Windows 98 filesystem on /dev/hda1, which I'd like to keep.)
The /dev/hda2 partition was created using fips, and is of size 4032MB (512 cylinders.) On choosing the `View Partition Table' option in the dbootstrap menu, both the partitions appear correctly except that /dev/hda1 is not marked as active, when in fact it is active (bootable.) Can anyone help me out, please? Thanks Dan Hatton