17 Nov
2002
17 Nov
'02
6:51 a.m.
Steve Fosdick wrote:
One possibility would simply be permissions on the /dev/hda device file
- you are running fdisk and/or cfdisk as root aren't you?
Thanks for the quick response Steve. That was the problem. I was so keenly observing the adage of "do not take the name of root in vain" that I had overlooked the need to be root to do serious stuff to the system. I managed to get there by myself at just about the time that you posted.
I am using the new partition to creat a Linux from Scratch system. Has anyone experience of this?
Dave Crease