From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (971110.SGI.8.8.8/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id DAA129871 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 03:38:21 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id DAA21771 for linux-list; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 03:34:46 -0800 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id DAA21767 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 03:34:45 -0800 Received: from informatik.uni-koblenz.de (mailhost.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.4.1]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id DAA26720 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 03:34:44 -0800 env-from (ralf@uni-koblenz.de) From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de Received: from uni-koblenz.de (pmport-29.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.249.29]) by informatik.uni-koblenz.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA08023 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:34:42 +0100 (MET) Received: (from ralf@localhost) by uni-koblenz.de (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA02656; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 11:32:41 +0100 Message-ID: <19980111113241.08096@uni-koblenz.de> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 11:32:41 +0100 To: Edwin Hakkennes Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: fdisk for linux-sgi References: <199801091206.NAA01800@zaphod.et.tudelft.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <199801091206.NAA01800@zaphod.et.tudelft.nl>; from Edwin Hakkennes on Fri, Jan 09, 1998 at 01:06:46PM +0100 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk 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