HD Install :: DSL install on an SATA hard drive

can anyone shed some light on this as i see to be falling into the google 'not quite the right search keyword' well.

my question. can i install dsl on an SATA drive.

if this is possible. does anyone have a URL for the instructions.

many thanks, in advance.

jb

Yes you can, the use should be the same as normal IDE hdd's except you would use sdXx instead of hdXx.

thanks i thought the answer was yes, which is why i don't understand my situation.

i have an SATA drive. i have booted up with the DSL LIVECD. version 3.0.1.

i manage to boot to the dsl desktop. from here i click ATerminal, then at the prompt dsl@box:~$ i then type sudo su.
this puts me at the prompt bash-2.05b#
i then type cfdisk /dev/sda and get
FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive Press any key to exist cfdisk

what am i doing wrong.

thanks

jb

try> fdisk /dev/sda

or you can grab a copy of gparted live cd which makes working with partions a snap-> http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

okay.

have tried fdisk /dev/sda and got unable to open /dev/sda
also tried sda1, sda2 same error.
i used gparted to create the original partition, ext3

what am i meant to be doing in gparted.
maybe i have used this incorrectly.

best regards

jb

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