Re: Fdisk

1999-10-01 Thread David Murn
On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Werner Heuser wrote: > for me 0.0.79 worked with 'fdisk /dev/bda1' on a C286LT Don't use /dev/bda1, use /dev/bda. bda1 is partition 1 on the 1st disk, which is not what you want. Davey

Re: Fdisk

1999-10-01 Thread Blaz Antonic
> I am new to linux, I know a bit like. But what is a "bda" device? > tom BIOS driven HD device. It is explained in the FAQ afaik, the one you haven't read. bye, Ab

Re: Fdisk

1999-10-01 Thread Alistair Riddoch
Thomas Stewart writes: > > hi > >for me 0.0.79 worked with 'fdisk /dev/bda1' on a C286LT, see > >http://www.snafu.de/~wehe/c286lte.html > > I am new to linux, I know a bit like. But what is a "bda" device? > tom > bda is the hard disk devi

Re: Fdisk

1999-10-01 Thread Thomas Stewart
hi >for me 0.0.79 worked with 'fdisk /dev/bda1' on a C286LT, see >http://www.snafu.de/~wehe/c286lte.html I am new to linux, I know a bit like. But what is a "bda" device? tom __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Re: Fdisk

1999-10-01 Thread Werner Heuser
Thomas Stewart schrieb: > > Hi > > I dont know whether this is thet case for evey one but for the last couple > of versions of elks I have not been able to get fdisk to work. It gives me > error opening /dev/hda1 or somhing like that. Hi Tom, for me 0.0.79 worked with 

Fdisk

1999-09-30 Thread Thomas Stewart
Hi I dont know whether this is thet case for evey one but for the last couple of versions of elks I have not been able to get fdisk to work. It gives me error opening /dev/hda1 or somhing like that. I have tried fdisk with both the distribution images and I have tryed to compile it and then