slackware won't let me partition my hd

**budman7** · 06-12-2005

This might help
http://www.slackwarehelp.org/about24...highlight=sata

**jnev** · 06-12-2005

that seems a little complicated....

are there any slackware iso's that just boot me into a 2.6 kernel?

oz · 06-12-2005

Originally Posted by jnev

that seems a little complicated....

are there any slackware iso's that just boot me into a 2.6 kernel?

No, you'll have to install the 2.6 kernel if that's what you want. There are some Slackware spin-off distros that come with a 2.6 kernel as default, such as MiniSlack. I think Vector comes with the 2.6 as well, but I'm not sure.

**budman7** · 06-12-2005

They did have some complicated directions, but one of the guys has this site.
http://f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/.../Linux&.view=l

**jnev** · 06-13-2005

which of those downloads do i need and what should i do with them once i download them?

thanks

**budman7** · 06-13-2005

Get the SATA bootdisk image, and put it on a floppy.

**jnev** · 06-13-2005

do i just copy it over or do i need to do anything special to it first? also, what do i do with the floppy once i boot into slackware and do cfdisk?

**budman7** · 06-13-2005

You might need both the SATA image and the kernel 2.6 patch.
Unzip them to separate floppies an boot with them, then you should be able to do cfdisk.

I am not sue after reading his directions how that is accomplished though.

**budman7** · 06-13-2005

I looked a little more, as you can imagine I wasn't satisfied with my previous reply.
Apparently all you need to do is boot with the sata.i kernel.

Just type "sata.i" at the boot: prompt.
Don't worry if you don't see sata in the kernel list, I tried it on my machine and it started booting.

**jnev** · 06-13-2005

thanks a ton for your help. i'll try it after school today.

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