[Gllug] Preparing large hard disk for Debian install

[Jim Bailey]

On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 02:18:38PM +0100, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> 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.

You may also want to check the bios of the main board supports disks
over 137GB if not you may need to upgrade the bios.

http://www.upgradingandrepairingpcs.com/articles/2002/upgrade04_02_02.asp

Peace Jim

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