Creating Partition
On the subsequent log, the highlights were my entry.
boot: dsl 2
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modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module minix
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module hfs
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module efs
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root@tty1[/]#
root@tty1[/]#cfdisk No partition table or unknown signature on partition table Do you wish to start with a zero table [y/N] ? y
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pri/Log Free Space 536.74
[ Help ] [ New ] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Create new partition from free space
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pri/Log Free Space 536.74
[Primary] [Logical] [Cancel]
Create a new primary partition
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pri/Log Free Space 536.74
Size (in MB): 75
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pri/Log Free Space 536.74
[Beginning] [ End ] [ Cancel ]
Add partition at beginning of free space
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Primary Linux 75.36
Pri/Log Free Space 461.39
[Bootable] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [Maximize] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Togg1e bootable flag of the current partition
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
Pri/Log Free Space 461.39
[Bootable] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [Maximize] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Togg1e bootable flag of the current partition
Press down arrow key once.
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
Pri/Log Free Space 461.39
[ Help ] [ New ] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Create new partition from free space
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
Pri/Log Free Space 461.39
[Primary] [Logical] [Cancel]
Create a new primary partition
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
Pri/Log Free Space 461.39
Size (in MB): 150
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
Pri/Log Free Space 461.39
[Beginning] [ End ] [ Cancel ]
Add partition at beginning of free space
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
hda2 Primary Linux 149.67
Pri/Log Free Space 311.73
[Bootable] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [Maximize] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Change the files system type (DOS, Linux, OS/2 and so on)
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
hda2 Primary Linux 149.67
01 FAT12 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS 55 EZ-Drive 94 Amoeba BBT DE Dell Utility
02 XENIX root 18 AST SmartSleep 56 Golden Bow 9F BSD/O3 DF BootIt
03 XENIX usr 1B Hidden Win95 FAT32 5C Priam Edisk A0 IBM Thinkpad hiberna El DOS access
04 FAT16 <32M 1C Hidden Win95 FAT32 ( 61 SpeedStor A5 FreeBSD E3 DOS R/O
05 Extended 1E Hidden Win95 FAT16 ( 63 GNU HURD or SysU A6 OpenBSD E4 SpeedStor
06 FAT16 24 NEC DOS 64 Novell Netware 286 A7 NeXTSTEP EB BeOS fs
07 HPFS/NTFS 39 Plan 9 65 Novell Netware 386 A8 Darwin UFS EE EFI GPT
08 AIX 3C PartitionMagic recov 70 DiskSecure Multi-Boo A9 NetBSD EF EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
09 AIX bootable 40 Venix 80286 75 PC/IX AB Darwin boot F0 Linux/PA-RISC boot
0A OS/2 Boot Manager 41 PPC PReP Boot 80 Old Minix B7 BSDI fs F1 SpeedStor
0B Win95 FAT32 42 SF3 81 Minix / old Linux B8 BSDI swap F4 SpeedStor
0C Win95 FAT32 (LBA) 4D QNX4.x 82 Linux swap BB Boot Wizard hidden F2 DOS secondary
0E Win95 FAT16 (LBA) 4E QNX4.x 2nd part 83 Linux BE Solaris boot FD Linux raid autodetec
0F Win95 Ext'd (LBA) 4F QNX4.x 3rd part 84 OS/2 hidden C: drive C1 DRDOS/sec (FAT-12) FE LANstep
10 OPUS 50 OnTrack DM 85 Linux extended C4 DRDOS/sec (FAT-16 < FF BBT
11 Hidden FAT12 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux1 86 NTFS volume set C6 DRDOS/sec (FAT-16)
12 Compaq diagnostic 52 CPM 87 NTFS volume set C7 Syrinx
14 Hidden FAT16 <32M 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux3 8E Linux LVM DA Non-F3 data
16 Hidden FAT16 54 OnTrackDM6 93 Amoeba DB CP/M / CTOS / ...
Enter file system type:82
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
hda2 Primary Linux swap 149.67
Pri/Log Free Space 311.73
[Bootable] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [Maximize] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Togg1e bootable flag of the current partition
Press down arrow key once.
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
hda2 Primary Linux swap 149.67
Pri/Log Free Space 311.73
[ Help ] [ New ] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Create new partition from free space
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
hda2 Primary Linux swap 149.67
Pri/Log Free Space 311.73
[Primary] [Logical] [Cancel]
Create a new primary partition
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
hda2 Primary Linux swap 149.67
Pri/Log Free Space 311.73
Size (in MB): 311.72
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
hda2 Primary Linux swap 149.67
hda3 Primary Linux 311.73
[Bootable] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [Maximize] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Write partition table to disk (this might destroy data)
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
hda2 Primary Linux swap 149.67
hda3 Primary Linux 311.73
Are you sure you want write the partition table to disk? (yes or no) yes
Warning!! This may destroy data on your disk!
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
hda2 Primary Linux swap 149.67
hda3 Primary Linux 311.73
[Bootable] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [Maximize] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Wrote partition table to disk
Write partition table to disk (this might destroy data)
Next, I quit the cfdisk program, as I had written the partition table.
cfdisk 2.llz
Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 536870912 bytes, 536 MB
Heads: 32 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 520
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Boot Primary Linux 75.36
hda2 Primary Linux swap 149.67
hda3 Primary Linux 311.73
[Bootable] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [Maximize] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ]
Quit program without writing partition table
Disk has been changed.
Reboot the system to ensure the partition table is correctly updated.
WARNING: If you have created or modified any
DOS 6.x partitions, please see the cfdisk manual
page for additional information.
root@tty1[/]#
Creating File System on the Partition
root@tty1[/]# mke2fs /dev/hda1
mke2fs 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=l024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
18432 inodes, 73552 blocks
3677 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
9 block groups
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
2048 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
8193, 24577, 40961, 57345
Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
root@tty1[/]#
root@tty1[/]# mke2fs /dev/hda3
mke2fs 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003)
Filesystem label
OS type: Linux
Block size=l024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
76304 inodes, 304416 blocks
15220 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
38 block groups
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
2008 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
8193, 24577, 40961, 57345, 73729, 204801, 221185
Writing mode tables: done
Writing superblocks and f ilesystem accounting information: done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
root@tty1[/]#
root@tty1[/]# mkswap /dev/hda2 Setting up swapspace version 1, size 14963744 bytes root@tty1[/]# swapon /dev/hda2 root@tty1[/]#
At this point, I rebooted the VM and let the timeout took place when getting the boot: prompt
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