[ltp] basic "Linux partition creation" question

[Vasanth Rakasi]

Tried this. I used "mknod" to get "/dev/hda", "fdisk"
to create linux and swap partitions /dev/hda1 and
/dev/hda2 respectively.
I still get:
===============================================
install exited abnormally -- recieved signal 7
sending termination signals...done
sending kill signals...done
unmounting filesystems...
	/mnt/source
	/dev/pts
	/proc
you may safely reboot your system
===============================================

I'm trying to install RedHat Linux 6.1.
Please help...

vasanth

--- Michael Eyrich <michey@prz.tu-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
> I didn't have any problem installing via ftp on my
> tp755cx. However, if
> you need to run fdisk manually, you can create a
> device file with
> 
> > mknod hda b 3 0
> and call fdisk with
> > fdisk hda
> (This is the same, which is normally under /dev)
> Then you can edit as much
> as you want ...
> 
> I do not remember, which distribution you are going
> to install but it
> looks like a redhat installation. If you are
> selecting a custom
> installation you should be able to call fdisk from
> within the install
> script.
> 
> It should'nt be necessary to use a DOS tool, really.
> 
> 
>  Michael 
> 
> On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Vasanth Rakasi wrote:
> 
> |During installation, I am able to get to "bash#"
> |propmt (by pressing Alt-F2). At this prompt, when I
> |run "fdisk", I get the usage help of fdisk.
> |
> |I tried "fdisk /dev/hda", "fdisk /dev/sda" and
> "fdisk
> |/dev/eda" only to see "Unable to open /dev/hda",
> |"Unable to open /dev/sda", etc. 
> |
> [...]
> |Also, are there any free tools that I could use
> from
> |DOS that will create the Linux partitions?
> |
> |vasanth
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