cfdisk FATAL ERROR on 10G disk (Toshiba Tecra 8000)

[Jean-Yves BARBIER]

On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 09:33:42AM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Debian (slink) on a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop.
> Having got a boot disk for the Tecras, it now boots okay. But when I
> get to the partitioning the disk stage, I run into problems.
>
> Trying to use cfdisk on /dev/hda comes up with:

Usually, it is better to use fdisk instead, its more reliable.

> FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition
> Press any key to exit fdisk
>
> I suspect the problem may be that the disk is a 10Gig disk, currenly

You suspect right :), former versions of cfdisk do not recognize
HDz > 8.4 GB (no, no, you're not reading M$ advice!).

Mine is 0.81 (from slink), and recognize the both of my HDz
(17.2 & 10.3 GB)

JY

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