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   From: snuhwolf@netscape.net   
      
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   >On Sep 10, 12:13 pm, §ñühw¤£f  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'm trying to install BeOS onto a Dell lattitude D 600 laptop but I   
   get   
   >> 'no volumes' when the installer gets to the part where I need to   
   choose   
   >> the disk to install onto.   
   >> The laptop is listed as working on the BeOS laptop page.   
   >> The drive is formatted FAT32 as one primary partition.   
   >> Any ideas?   
   >   
   >You need to create partition with a BeFS type file system for BeOS   
   >installation. If your FAT32 primary partition takes all the disk then   
   >you have to resize or remove it so you can create a new partition on   
   >the free space. BeOS installer should give you the option to partition   
   >and format your drive. If you do not see a button for that (to open   
   >Drive Setup application) then you may try to restkillart BeOS desktop   
   >and run Drive Setup from Tracker: as far as I remember, hit Control +   
   >Alt + Del, kill the install script process, click Restart Desktop,   
   >close Process Manager and then close the installer.   
   >   
   Turned out BeOS was having trouble even seeing the hdd.   
   Setting "no ide dma" was the trick.   
   :)   
      
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