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echo: locuser
to: Keith Richardson
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1996-10-21 01:07:48
subject: linux

PE> On the CDROM I borrowed from a couple of years ago, they said that I
PE> needed to tell fdisk or lilo or both (can't remember) what my real
PE> geometry was (by going into expert mode).

db> Chances are, this won't be necessary.  I've certainly never had to do this, 
db> not with Linux 1.2.13 (InfoMagic November 1995) or newer;  I'd say it's 
db> only for older hardware.

db> What you will need to do is boot from the diskettes, login as
"root", run 
db> "fdisk" and mark the apropriate second partition on your
second drive as a 
db> Linux native file system (type 83).  Write the partition table change, 
db> reboot and go through the install as per normal.

Keith, didn't you vitually wipe out your machine by not going into expert
mode?  BFN.  Paul.
@EOT:

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