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XFX1.0.1, partition "/" and Update disk 20/07/2001

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Subject: XFX1.0.1, partition "/" and Update disk 20/07/2001
From: "Jaroslav Lukesh" <lukesh@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:46:37 +0200
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Hi all,

I cannot make bigger than 1024MB partition "/" from disk druid at SGI-XFX
1.0.1 with Update disk 20/07/2001. 

Installation is without "/boot" partition due following:

The "/boot" partition was created at wrong place (/dev/sda7 instead of
/dev/sda1)
with disk druid, but it does original REdHat too. 
Solution: using fdisk instead ddruid or kickstart with "--onprimary 1", but
I want to install system and then make kickstart. (and Iam not familiar
with plain fdisk).

Should someone make new update disk that will fix maximal size of bootable
partition?

Sincerelly


             Jaroslav Lukesh, K-net
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               http://www.k-net.cz
      Multimedia, Networking, Communications
              Windows terminals, NC
         computer hardware and software
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             note: Bill Gates to Hell!

PS: part of Kickstart for RAID-1 who interested:

# /boot
part raid.01 --size 20 --ondisk sda --onprimary 1
part raid.02 --size 20 --ondisk sdb --onprimary 1
raid /boot raid.01 raid.02 --level 1 --device md0

# /data
part raid.03 --size 300 --ondisk sda --grow
part raid.04 --size 300 --ondisk sdb --grow
raid /data raid.03 raid.04 --level 1 --device md1

# swap
part raid.05 --size 127 --ondisk sda
part raid.06 --size 127 --ondisk sdb
raid swap  raid.05 raid.06 --level 1 --device md2

# /
part raid.07 --size 1500 --ondisk sda
part raid.08 --size 1500 --ondisk sdb
raid /     raid.07 raid.08 --level 1 --device md3

lilo --location mbr


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