HD Install :: CFDISK problem

Hello
I have a problem with my cfdisk...and things in general :|
Well, first of all, I am trying to install DSL on a 4.5 year-old laptop...Pentium III, 700MHz, 64 RAM ...
And anyway...I can boot into DSL from the CD no problem, but if I stop doing something (typing, moving mouse around, etc) DSL freezes :\
But here's the big problem - I can't run cfdisk for some reason. When I try to execute "cfdisk" it gives me the following error:
FATAL ERROR: Cannot open disk drive
Press any key to exit cfdisk

does anyone know how I can fix that?

thanx!

Neverming the cfdisk problem...if i do "sudo cfdisk" it works
However DSL still does freeze

Explain the process up until the system freezes.

well, there is none. if u leave it alone for like 2 minutes without moving the mouse or pressing any keys (at any point in time) it system halts :\

i figured out the problem. it was the laptop's suspend-to-hard-drive setting. if I dispable suspension than everything works fine, otherwise it just hangs, and doesn't resume at all for some weird reason :S

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