>
>> You where soo right... Thnx... 
>>
>> I was trying to assign 72304 x 1024 = 74039296 disk_config disk1 
>> bootable:1
>> primary         /boot   256     ext3    defaults
>> primary         -       2048    swap    rw
>> primary         -       70000-  -       -
>>
>> while I the disk as:
>> [r...@urpbe1 /root]# fdisk -l
>> Disk /dev/sda: 72.7 GB, 72746008576 bytes
>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8844 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>>  Thnx a lot!
>>
>> - vin
>>   
> i agree that the error message could be a little different like: "disk  
> is not big enough for the settings"
> or "I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food  
> trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a  
> hamster and your father smelt of elderberries", something that really  
> told us we got somethign wrong in our configs ;)
>

I've changed the error message to

Sorry, can't create a partition of $start B on a disk of $size_b - check your 
config!

(with $start and $size_b being the size of the partition and that of the disk,
respectively). Will make it into the next experimental upload.

Best,
Michael

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