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What version of DSL are you using?

There was a problem with fdisk in some of the DSL 0.7.x versions.

My advice is to do this:

Boot DSL version 0.8.x

Open an xterminal and type:

sudo su
cfdisk


Delete your old hda5,hda6,hda7, and hda8 and create the following parititions:

hda5   BOOTABLE   linux TYPE 83  1200MB  (doesn't need to be exactly 1200)
hda6             linux swap TYPE 82  256MB (doesn't need to be exactly 256)

Write the new partition table and exit the program.

Then open up the Right-Click Fluxbox menu and choose Apps > Tools > Install to Hard Drive

and use hda5  as your installation destination.

Good Luck.
OK, I used cfdisk to redo the linux partitions into just 2. The first is Linux Reiserfs (that's the kind dsl does) 1291.37M & second is Linux Swap 263.21M. I had a choice of little high or low in cfdisk, it doesn't give exactly what you say. I made hda5 bootable & removed bootable from hda1. Then I hit 'write' it said it had a problem with 're-read failed'. I rebooted & tried the hdinstall the way you said, nothing. I tried again in Xterminal with sudo. It said hda5 wasn't a linux partition, hda6 either. Rebooting it give a couple failed in the grey type that speeds by. Can't tell exactly what it says. Also, when it scans HD it says:modprobe: modprobe: can't locate 'module' minix. I'm not sure about spelling of module or minix. I even tried "dsl tohd=/dev/hda5" at the first. It couldn't read the linux. Any idea how to make it read correctly?? I am in 'sudo su' when I do the stuff. Thanks for the help.

PS I reset hda1 to bootable & removed it from hda5.
ReiserFS?
DSL doesn't support any journaling filesystems..

Type 83 is ext2 ...
Type 82 is swap ...

73
ke4nt
When I set hda5, I chose 83 and that's what cfdisk then said it was. How do I get it to do 83 as ext2??
...then I'm guessing it is already type 83, and formatted reiserFS..
My "type" in fdisk shows "linux"  and in cfdisk shows "linux ext2"

After verifying the hda5 is type 83, and writing to disk and rebooting,
try reformatting the hda5 with the "mke2fs /dev/hda5" as root, and see if
the partition changes type in cfdisk..

73
ke4nt
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