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March 30th, 2006, 01:50 PM
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slackware linux 10.1 installation problems
Hey everybody, I'm mainly a windblows user, but I want to switch to linux. A friend of mine gave me a copy of Slackware Linux 10.1. I have an old box that I was gonna give away eventually, so I'm attempting the installation onto it. Anywho, fistoff, I'm having problems with the partition for linux. whenever I attempt to give the command " fdisk /dev/hda " I get a message "unable to open /dev/hda" any ideas?
btw - cfdisk won't work for some reason...I'm going to fiddle with the HDD jumper settings to see if that is the case, and then I'll get back. this window will be kept open and refreshed often, I would appreciate any and all help to get me up and running ASAP
My specs: 900 MHz AMD T-Bird, Asus K7M Mobo., 256 MB RAM (two 128 MB Kingston SD PC-100), GeCube Radeon 9200 SE 128mb (drivers were impossible to find...still crashes because of them every now and then...i think its them...), Sound Blaster Live! 5.1, new high-speed USB 2.0 card, dual 60 GB HDD's for the heck of it (NTFS), XP Pro SP 2, Mozilla Firefox ( Spread Firefox!), single-barrel carberator, Saitek P2500 Rumbleforce, (Yes, the system is dated, but it fits my budget!) - Sockhatguy
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