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From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de
To: Edwin Hakkennes <E.Hakkennes@ET.TUDelft.NL>
Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: fdisk for linux-sgi
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 11:32:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19980111113241.08096@uni-koblenz.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199801091206.NAA01800@zaphod.et.tudelft.nl>; from Edwin Hakkennes on Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 01:06:46PM +0100

On Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 01:06:46PM +0100, Edwin Hakkennes wrote:

> I'm trying to get an indy running Linux. I downloaded the Getting_started
> stuff, and unpacked it. All seems to be fine, except that I cannot find
> an fdisk program on this file-system. (root-be-0.01.cpio)
> 
> My question is: How do I partition the disk. I have one, empty 2G disk 
> on which only Linux should be installed. 
> 
> Is it neccesary to put the disk in a PC for partioning?

No.  You can use the software included under IRIX.  If the disk you are
connecting is not the bootdisk, means sash & the kernel don't reside on
it you can also partition the disk on a pc.  This may be handy for
data exchange.

  Ralf

      parent reply	other threads:[~1998-01-11 11:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-01-09 12:06 fdisk for linux-sgi Edwin Hakkennes
1998-01-09 12:06 ` Edwin Hakkennes
1998-01-11 10:32 ` ralf [this message]

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