[plug] Mandrake 6.1 - patition too big

[Frank Guidara]

sorry leon I forgot to tell you I was using diskdruid. But yes I will try
using fdisk instead of diskdruid. Could you please explain why this problem
has occured 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Leon Brooks [SMTP:leonb at bounce.networx.net.au]
> Sent:	Thursday, 2 December 1999 15:34
> To:	Perth Linux Users Group
> Subject:	Re: [plug] Mandrake 6.1 - patition too big
> 
> Frank Guidara wrote:
> > I was wondering if someone could help me with this little problem I
> have.
> > I've got a system with a 13.2 Gb HD that i can't seem to make any
> partions
> > on it. It says that the partion I'm trying to make is to big. It dosen't
> > matter how small I try to make any of the partions it doesn't accept it.
> If
> > I rember right i won't even let me make a /boot 5 megs in size.
> 
> If there is no precious information on the disk, try an "o" command in
> fdisk before making any partitions.