Re: fdisk on mini-installer iso
APK <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Apr 2024 07:57:41 -0500
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.gentoo.alpha |
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| Message-ID | <ZhfeRRkPMY7Z840Y@thinkpad> |
Hi, Had a similar problem about 2 years ago. This is an old problem. I did the same work around that you used. APK On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 12:28:06AM +0200, Magnus Lindholm wrote: > Hi, > > A few days ago I fired up my UP2000+ Alpha and booted a recent > gentoo-alpha installer iso. > "install-alpha-minimal-20240328T170423Z.iso". Things seemed to work > fine, but I was unable to partition my drive. fdisk complained about > missing BSD* partitions. I remember reading something back in the days > about broken fdisk on gentoo-alpha installer so I took my old > install-alpha.minimal.iso from 2011. With this old installer CD I was > able to partition the disk and then continue the installation with the > recent mini installer from 2024. Has anyone here recent experience > from booting a current mini-install iso? > > Regards > > Magnus Lindholm