In article <920808092431.2479@UCSVAX.SDSU.EDU>, COMPR4002@UCSVAX.SDSU.EDU writes:
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> I have two hard drives.  I plan to use the entire C: drive for DOS and the
> entire D: drive for Linux.  When I try to do an efdisk of my second drive
> (D:), it says that it can't find the device.  I've used /dev/hdb, /dev/hd5,
> etc., but nothing seems to work.  Is there any way I can install Linux on
> drive D:?

What does the partition table look like for your "D:" drive?  Has it been
partitioned?  /dev/hdb is the entire "D:" disk drive.  Not what you want
to use.  Your 4 primary partitions are /dev/hdb1, /dev/hdb2, /dev/hdb3, and
/dev/hdb4.  Partitions 5 and up are "logical drives" in a DOS extended partition.
Don't use them unless you have a DOS extended partition on your "D:" drive.

You should be able to view your partition table using "pfdisk" from your
floppy root file system.

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