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<H2><A NAME="troubleshooting"></A> <A NAME="s7">7. Troubleshooting </A></H2>
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(your index root)!troubleshooting
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<EM>Many problems can be solved by a simple structured approach,
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analysing the symptoms, finding the cause and determining the
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solution. The following is an excerpts from the Multi Disk HOWTO.</EM>
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<H2><A NAME="ss7.1">7.1 During Installation</A>
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<H3>Locating Disks</H3>
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<DT><B>Symptoms</B><DD><P>Cannot find disk
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<DT><B>Problem</B><DD><P>How to find what drive letter corresponds to what disk/partition
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<DT><B>Solution</B><DD><P>Remember Linux does not use drive letters but device names. More
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information can be found in section "Drive names".
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<DT><B>Symptoms</B><DD><P>Cannot partition disk
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<DT><B>Problem</B><DD><P>Most likely wrong input to the command line for <CODE>fdisk</CODE> or similar tool.
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<DT><B>Solution</B><DD><P>Remember to use <CODE>/dev/hda</CODE> rather than just <CODE>hda</CODE>. Also
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do not use numbers behind <CODE>hda</CODE>, those indicate partitions.
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<H3>Formatting</H3>
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<DT><B>Symptoms</B><DD><P>Cannot format disk.
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<DT><B>Problem</B><DD><P>Strictly speaking you format partitions not disks.
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<DT><B>Solution</B><DD><P>Make sure you add the partition number after the device name
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of the disk, for instance <CODE>/dev/hda1</CODE> to the command line.
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