HD Install :: cfdisk wont work

Quote (neighborlee @ Aug. 23 2004,15:17)

hi..

cfdisk starts but it can't find any of my HD's with this error:
fatal error..cannot open disk drive

any idea ?

thx
nl

I get that same error when I run cfdisk and it doesn't matter if I put 'sudo' or not. I don't know what the hell to do.
<~newb

u can try ranish partition manager

do sudo su instead of sudo as i think sudo is only good for 1 command, and sudo su keeps root logged in until logged out.

just a guess, but try cfdisk /dev/hda if it is the first primary master hdd, and cfdisk /dev/hdb if secondary master, ect.... so you get the specific drive desired.

Quote (neighborlee @ Aug. 23 2004,16:17)

hi..

cfdisk starts but it can't find any of my HD's with this error:
fatal error..cannot open disk drive

any idea ?

thx
nl

are you trying to access a primary, or logical partition? how many primary, and logical partitions exist on the hdd?

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