fdisk cannot do partition on SP1203N/DOM.

[Mike Burger]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, Zhuanshi He wrote:

> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I tried to fdisk /dev/hdc, which a  new Samsung SP1203N/DOM HDD.
> 
> The message shows "Unable to open /dev/hdc.
> 
> Command "mkfs.ext3 -c  /dev/hdc" gives "bad blocks count"
> 
> However, I can do fdisk to this new HDD under DOS.
> 
> What's the problem? Does redhat9.0 can not support Samsung 1203N/DOM?
> 
> Any suggestions, please!

Does the computer's BIOS see the drive when you restart the computer?

Are you sure that you put this hard drive onto the secondary cable, in the 
master/single position?  

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