Re: Re: [Sheflug] Re: Odd partition table fault

[David Bottrill <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excuse the HTML post but I'm away from home and I am stck with using webmail. 

I've had odd problems like this and usually have found that creating a blank dos partition table using "fdisk" seems to work OK. I was trying to install SuSE 8.0 on an old laptop last weekend so I used fdisk from Toms rescue disk to write a new parition table and a create a swap partiton in order that I could get SuSE 8 to install.

David Bottrill

> 
> From: Steve Tickle <s.tickle [at] quarndon.co.uk>
> Date: 2002/09/20 Fri AM 09:49:02 GMT
> To: shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Re:  Odd partition table fault
> 
> At 10:16 20/09/02 +0100, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> 
> >I've noticed that there's a general fault with SuSE 8.0 and
> >partitioning which shows up mostly on older hardware.  Not seen the
> >same thing on Debian/Slackware/Mandrake etc.. I'm speaking from the
> >point of view of someone who has been installing SuSE 8.0 on older
> >hardware over the past few weeks.
> >
> >Sorry I can't be more positive.  Hoping that the new release which
> >will be with us soon - it's been announced - will have fixed this
> >bug.  I think someone else will give you a better answer than this
> >one ?
> 
> Oh well, thanks for that much at least.
> I have a copy of Mandrake 6 somewhere. Maybe I'll try to install a minimum 
> system and then install SuSE 8.0 over the top of it if I get the time.
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
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