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Bug 18371 - fdisk information appears to be wrong
Summary: fdisk information appears to be wrong
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 All
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x...
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Reported: 2003-03-28 09:23 UTC by Russell Cloran
Modified: 2003-03-28 10:47 UTC (History)
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Description Russell Cloran 2003-03-28 09:23:09 UTC
"Finally, let's create the root partition. To do this, type n to create a new
partition, then p to tell fdisk that you want a primary partition. Then type 2
to create the second primary partition, /dev/hda3 in our case."

should read
"Finally, let's create the root partition. To do this, type n to create a new
partition, then p to tell fdisk that you want a primary partition. Then type 2
to create the second primary partition, /dev/hda3 in our case."

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Read the webpage
Actual Results:  
Er, I nearly bungled a friends install :P
Comment 1 Carl Anderson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-03-28 10:43:03 UTC
The submitter has the exact same paragraph in the "should read" as the original, but I'll take a look at this to see where the changes should go.
Comment 2 Carl Anderson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-03-28 10:47:56 UTC
Found and fixed the bug.  This has been committed.