[Gllug] Preparing large hard disk for Debian install

[Xander D Harkness]

Taylor James wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I just bought a 180GB hard disk, and partitioned it for dual booting linux
> and windows using fdisk.
> 
> Having installed windows on the primary partition (80GB), I tried installing
> Debian on the second partition but the tool the installer uses to create and
> format linux partitions (cfdisk) wont run and gives an error (something
> like): "FATAL ERROR: Bad primary > partition 1: Partition ends after
> end-of-disk". I'm guessing it just doesn't support large hard disks. So
> basically, what tool(s) should I use to prepare my linux partition before
> starting the Debain installation? The user-friendlier the better!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
It sounds as if windows has set the hard drive up with the wrong geometry.

have you tried booting from a linux resue disk, such as Tom's root boot 
disk and running fdisk.

I think that the install routine for debian is failing as the disk 
partition it is trying to install to is incorrectly set up.

I think that you are correct in that you should use Linux to prepare the 
disk.
Kind regards
Xander


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