Re: [gentoo-user] Swap on a seperate physical drive

2003-02-05 Thread Bruno Lustosa
* Eric Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [05-02-2003 15:23]: > I have two HDD in my system, /dev/hda and /dev/hdb. > When I try to mkswap or fdisk on /dev/hdb (during the > install using the gentoo install CD) I get: > > unable to start /dev/hdb > > now, this drive is my primary slave, and works fine i

Re: [gentoo-user] Swap on a seperate physical drive

2003-02-05 Thread Tarsoly Andras
On Wednesday 05 February 2003 18.07, Andrew Dacey wrote: hi, > I might be having a total brain fart here (entirely possible, work tends to > do that to me) but doesn't the lettering scheme go: > > a, Master primary controller > b, Master secondary controller > c, Slave primary controller > d, Sla

Re: [gentoo-user] Swap on a seperate physical drive

2003-02-05 Thread Andrew Dacey
- Original Message - From: "Eric Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 12:56 PM Subject: [gentoo-user] Swap on a seperate physical drive > I have two HDD in my system, /dev/hda and /dev/hdb. > When I try to

[gentoo-user] Swap on a seperate physical drive

2003-02-05 Thread Eric Miller
I have two HDD in my system, /dev/hda and /dev/hdb. When I try to mkswap or fdisk on /dev/hdb (during the install using the gentoo install CD) I get: unable to start /dev/hdb now, this drive is my primary slave, and works fine in Windows XP, and RH. What's the deal here?