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greygooseplz
11-16-2004, 09:24 PM
maxtor 20gig HDD
I read XP can overwrite Knoppix files (being the superior OS that it is) so Installed windows Xp pro to a 11Gig partitiion first...
now when I try to install knoppix, i select my HDD in the partition program and it tells me that its read only and cannot access it.
Is there a reason for this? Whats wrong?
thats aas far as I can get so far... :?
rcook
11-16-2004, 09:47 PM
Check what you are dealing with. HDD is the slave drive of the second IDE, if present. Usually it is a CD or DVD, if present. Do you have a hard drive mounted as a slave on the second IDE?
Your partitions are hda1 hda2 hda3 etc. on your first (typically boot) hard drive. If you have a second hard drive it is usually hdb. the partitions on it are hdb1, etc. hdc is typically a cd or dvd possibly with write capabilities.
greygooseplz
11-16-2004, 09:58 PM
Check what you are dealing with. HDD is the slave drive of the second IDE, if present. Usually it is a CD or DVD, if present. Do you have a hard drive mounted as a slave on the second IDE?
Your partitions are hda1 hda2 hda3 etc. on your first (typically boot) hard drive. If you have a second hard drive it is usually hdb. the partitions on it are hdb1, etc. hdc is typically a cd or dvd possibly with write capabilities.
The only partition is the one created by Windows Xp, it was an ntfs with 11 gigs used..
I was trying to create the swap/main linux partitions and ran into this...
Heres an exact error message, shoulda wrote this down thefirst time....
"
Opened disk read-only-you have no permission to write"
If I press any key I get this....
"Fatal-error: cannot get disk size
Press any key to exit cfdisk"
I tryed to use the code, ignore_check=1 sudo knoppix-installer, but got no changes....
[edit]
Also, I only have one HDD and one cd drive, both are on seperate IDE cable and both are master.
greygooseplz
11-16-2004, 10:46 PM
ok, i had to create the partitions in knoppix, didnt know that...
used qtparted
created primary linux partition, ext3 with 8.9 Gigs
linuxswap 590.62 MB
With 7.38 MB hidded that I cant use (for some reason there has always been about 7 Megs free/unusable)
Ok I got to configure me installation, choosing usernames, administrator names/passwords etc, etc....
I finally try to install, it strats to format and I get this long strange error message.
"
error:formatting of failed.
some messages from mkfs.ext3: mkfs3.ext3 [ -c: -t -l filename] [-b block-size] [ -f fragment-size] [ -i bytes-per-inode] [-j] [ -j journal-options] [-N number-of-inodes]
"
:shock:
i hope everyone isnt as confused by that as I am...
appreciate the help, everyone....
greygooseplz
11-17-2004, 12:17 AM
ill be damn.
I ran "knoppix-installer" from the terminal instead of pressing ctrl-alt-f1 and it worked perfectly...Running Knoppix off my HDD right now, actually :o
Kinda weird but, it works so....
Thanks for all the help people, I REALLY DO appreciate it.
Im sure Ill be around alot, at some point I might even be able to give others help!
ehhh....still havnt tried to boot windows yet :( hope it works...Lilo boot manager showed up when I booted but didnt stay up long enough to let me check it out..
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