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Re: Seagate 8.4 gig drive
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael George)
Wed Nov 4 07:41:36 1998
From: Michael George <georges@voyager.net>
In-Reply-To: <003201be0793$30c11620$0a00000a@whopper.netrslts.com> from "Jose M. Sanchez" at "Nov 3, 1998 8:33:48 pm"
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 07:32:58 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: georges@voyager.net
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> Ah, the old partition problem...
>
> Ok...
>
> FIRST go into DOS (boot up any DOS disk) and create an ACTIVE dos partition
> on each of the drives...
>
> It can be a small partition, as you will delete it later...
>
> For safety sake, format the partition under dos...
>
> Delete it, then install Linux. The Master Boot Record will now correctly
> reflect the drive geometry and Linux will correctly employ it from now on...
I've run into this before, but I didn't realize that I could delete the
partitions after a successful boot.
I'm sure this is a dumb question, but does anyone know why this problem occurs
and why does this "fix" it?
-Michael
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