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[08:07]<zzrrvozzrzr>is anyone using the fuse module which i ssupposed to be built into the kernel?
[08:08]<fy2nz>H'
[08:09]<fy2nz>fdisk won't work
[08:09]<fy2nz>:(
[08:09]<fy2nz>any clues?
[08:09]<vrfdghrfadjg>fdisk /dev/hda?
[08:09]<dzrajgw>Fiber, please be more specific
[08:09]<fy2nz>Yes
[08:10]<vrfdghrfadjg>error?
[08:10]<vrfdghrfadjg>IDE? SCSI? SATA?
[08:10]<fy2nz>unable to open
[08:10]<zyvnzzrv>fdisk /dev/sda
[08:10]<dzrajgw>Fiber, are you root?
[08:10]<fy2nz>When I type fdisk /dev/hda
[08:10]<fy2nz>Yes I am
[08:10]<vrfdghrfadjg>fibre, ls /dev/hd*
[08:10]<dzrajgw>ls -l /dev/hda
[08:10]<vrfdghrfadjg>yeah. :)
[08:11]<vrfdghrfadjg>if /dev/hda doesn't exist..you can't partition it. XD
[08:11]<fy2nz>one sec'
[08:11]<zyvnzzrv>Fiber: fdisk -l /dev/[sh]d?
[08:12]<fy2nz>lol it says
[08:12]<yntzq>Fiber: instead of doing a crap-shoot of trying to guess which block device in your /dev/ is your harddrive, why not read the output of dmesg to see what it was assigned to?
[08:12]<fy2nz>that /dev/hda doesn't exist
[08:12]<zyvnzzrv>Fiber: fdisk -l /dev/[sh]d?
[08:12]<zyvnzzrv>One of those will have them
[08:12]<fy2nz>I had windows
[08:13]<fy2nz>I'm switching to Gentoo
[08:13]<vrfdghrfadjg>ok Fibre..real quick...
[08:13]<fy2nz>?
[08:13]<vrfdghrfadjg>./dev is a list of like all the hardware in your system
[08:13]<fy2nz>ok
[08:13]<vrfdghrfadjg>hda is drive C, as in, the first physical drive on the primary IDE port
[08:13]<vrfdghrfadjg>hdb is d..and so on
[08:14]<zyvnzzrv>Fiber: Did you try that line I gave you?
[08:14]<vrfdghrfadjg>c and are pri and slave on the secondary port
[08:14]<fy2nz>I did
[08:14]<vrfdghrfadjg>if you run serial ata drives..they will be called sda and sdb and so on
[08:14]<vzyffrx>agentOrange: isnt FURE still pretty experimental?
[08:14]<fy2nz>nothing is working
[08:14]<vzyffrx>FUSE*
[08:14]<fy2nz>I have a Western Digital
[08:14]<vrfdghrfadjg>Comining from Windows..I HIGHLY doubt you're runnign SCSI drives
[08:14]<fy2nz>HD
[08:14]<zyvnzzrv>Fiber: Are you in windows or a chroot?
[08:14]<vrfdghrfadjg>is it a serial ata drive?
[08:14]<fy2nz>Prolly not
[08:14]<2zsxuszse>i'm in windows chroot!
[08:14]<2zsxuszse>:-p
[08:15]<vzyffrx>:O
[08:15]<fy2nz>huh
[08:15]<fy2nz>this is diff comp
[08:15]<yntzq>Fiber: run `dmesg | less`, then do a patteren expression search "ide"
[08:15]<fy2nz>how can I delete windows
[08:15]<vrfdghrfadjg>Fiber: what color is the cable connecting the hard drive to the mainboard?
[08:15]<fy2nz>using boot cd
[08:15]<fy2nz>one sec
[08:15]<vrfdghrfadjg>...easier than continuing to ask obvious questions
[08:16]<yntzq>bleh... gentoo needs a subsection in the installation guide about reading dmesg to figure out your hardware...
[08:16]<vrfdghrfadjg>lol Agreed
[08:16]<gfvggsvzz>YeTr2> dmesg | grep ide
[08:16]<jgn_znm_ndn>what do you use to manage websites in linux?
[08:16]<krvrgr>Fiber: are you using an old livecd, IIRC a 2004.3 could do my sata drives (nf4)
[08:16]<fy2nz>grey
[08:16]<vrfdghrfadjg>one red eye: apache..duh
[08:16]<fy2nz>Ok so how Do I get rid of windows
[08:16]<vrfdghrfadjg>Is it normal that all the Linux noobs come out on Friday night?
[08:16]<jgn_znm_ndn>umm... ok, what is the linux equivelent to Dreamweaver?
[08:17]<2zsxuszse>Fiber: fdisk /dev/hda1
[08:17]<2zsxuszse>Fiber: :-P
[08:17]<mgrm_ogg>fiber: first you figure out what your hardware configuration is, then you can start deleting
[08:17]<vrfdghrfadjg>lol bash..no
[08:17]<gfvggsvzz>one_red_eye> bluefish
[08:17]<2zsxuszse>Fiber: cfdisk for you
[08:17]<yntzq>ElvenStar: the problem with that is, you lose the lines saying what the disks were assigned to in /dev/
[08:17]<fy2nz>How do I figure out what my hardware configuration is
[08:17]<vrfdghrfadjg>FIber: try: dmesg | grep ide
[08:17]<znpyzys>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda
[08:17]<mgrm_ogg>doing a little research
[08:17]<fy2nz>with |
[08:17]<mgrm_ogg>like i donno, reading
[08:17]<fy2nz>?
[08:17]<2rrrmjr>lspci
[08:18]<dzzzyp>Zefiris, very radical command
[08:18]<vrfdghrfadjg>heh
[08:18]<fy2nz>too many things from people
[08:18]<fy2nz>lol
[08:18]<fy2nz>can't choose
[08:18]<vrfdghrfadjg>Fiber, just dmesg | grep ide
[08:18]<fy2nz>ok
[08:18]<mgrm_ogg>choose the one that blanks your hd
[08:18]<yntzq>ElvenStar: `dmesg | less`, then type '/ide' and push enter to look for the expression "ide". push 'n' to move to the next match
[08:18]<dzzzyp>lol
[08:18]<dzzzyp>Dead_One, i've been chewed out for instructing "rm -rf /"...
[08:19]<mgrm_ogg>i didn't post the command, i'm just hoping
[08:19]<dzzzyp>or maybe that was #debian... they prolly deserved it if it was :P
[08:19]<vrfdghrfadjg>Linux: Freedom form doing it the simple and singular way
[08:19]<vrfdghrfadjg>:P
[08:19]<2zsxuszse>ElvenStar: go do it the l33t way... dmesg | grep -a5 -b2 ide
[08:19]<jgn_znm_ndn>what is the webpage editor for kde called?

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