[gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-14 Thread Edoceo Lists
List, Is at /dev/sda1. Does anyone know if I need this? Where will I put /boot? At /dev/sda2? Will GRUB work OK? I'm way nervous about blasting this thing away and replacing Dell's 65M partition with my /boot and stuffs. Help. /djb -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-14 Thread Nick Rout
WHAT is at /dev/sda1? On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 19:08 -0700, Edoceo Lists wrote: > List, >Is at /dev/sda1. Does anyone know if I need this? Where will I put /boot? > At /dev/sda2? Will GRUB work OK? I'm way > nervous about blasting this thing away and replacing Dell's 65M partition > with my

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-14 Thread gentuxx
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nick Rout wrote: >WHAT is at /dev/sda1? > >On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 19:08 -0700, Edoceo Lists wrote: > >>List, >> Is at /dev/sda1. Does anyone know if I need this? Where will I put /boot? At /dev/sda2? Will GRUB work OK? I'm way >>nervous about blasting

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-14 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 19:08 -0700, Edoceo Lists wrote: > List, >Is at /dev/sda1. Does anyone know if I need this? Where will I put /boot? > At /dev/sda2? Will GRUB work OK? I'm way > nervous about blasting this thing away and replacing Dell's 65M partition > with my /boot and stuffs. Hel

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-15 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Edoceo, * Edoceo Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thursday, September 15, 2005, 4:08:08 AM: > List, >Is at /dev/sda1. Does anyone know if I need this? Probably not. IIRC, the stuff on it is also on a CD you got and/or downloadable from the web. If not, you can make a backup yourself (dd if=/def

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-15 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 21:46 -0700, gentuxx wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Nick Rout wrote: > > >WHAT is at /dev/sda1? > > > >On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 19:08 -0700, Edoceo Lists wrote: > > > >>List, > >> Is at /dev/sda1. Does anyone know if I need this? Where will I put >

RE: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-15 Thread Michael Kintzios
> -Original Message- > From: Timo Boettcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 September 2005 08:44 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition > > > Hi Edoceo, > > > * Edoceo Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-17 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 12:07:43PM +0100, Michael Kintzios wrote > Before I installed Gentoo on a Compaq machine I saved both the > as built image and the current OS onto a DVD using partimage from > Knoppix and then I royally wiped the lot off the drive. Can you do that? Has Compaq stopped pu

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-18 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 09:15:48AM +, Michael Kintzios wrote > Compaq tend to 'compaqify' their boxes by plastering their company > logo into every splash screen you can imagine, including these days > their BIOS screen. I am not sure how their boxen were configured > a few years ago but thes

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-18 Thread John Jolet
On Sunday 18 September 2005 15:24, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 09:15:48AM +, Michael Kintzios wrote > > > Compaq tend to 'compaqify' their boxes by plastering their company > > logo into every splash screen you can imagine, including these days > > their BIOS screen. I am not

Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-19 Thread Jonathan Nichols
Can you do that? Has Compaq stopped putting half their "BIOS" in a small hidden partition? Some years ago at work, we got a Compaq server for use as a linux server. It came with NT4. So the CS guys blew away the partitions, and installed RedHat7.0. The thing would not boot. Yes, he can

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition

2005-09-18 Thread Michael Kintzios
> From:: "Walter Dnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Dell 1850/Dell Partition > Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:41:30 -0400 > On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 12:07:43PM +0100, Michael Kintzios wrote > > > Before