I think that's a 'y' not a 'j'. Try using 'y' instead.
--rdp
On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, kingmiro wrote:
> Hello,
>
> again me...
> Iīve tried to partition the disk with fdisk, but when I started to write a new boot block, the following message....
>
> FDISK
> ----------------------------
>
> Warning: starting partitions at cylinder 1 will be bad for the health of your partition table --- start at cylinder 2 instead ?
> (j/n)
>
> But i canīt use the " j " only no ...
> And the other operations of fdisk donīt work too ...
>
> what shell i do ?
>
>
> thankz.
> miro
>
>
>
> A BSD disk label was not setup on your disk. If there is
> no disk label or a BSD disk label on the disk, the RH
> installer does the right thing. If there's a DOS disklabel
> on the disk, it doesn't muck with it, leaving you with
> an unbootable disk.
>
> Restart the install, select Custom install, go into FDISK
> on the disk you want to install too and type b <return>
> then w <return>. That'll write a BSD disk label. Halt the
> system at this point and restart the install as before.
> The RH installer should see that the disk has a BSD
> disk label now and will do the right thing.
>
> Best of luck,
>
>
> mike
>
>
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