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  • cfdisk won't see second D: drive during install

    From Bogomips@VERT to All on Thu May 8 15:19:14 2025
    Im trying to install Slackware to dual boot on an Alienware laptop with two 1.8T harddrives.

    When I get to the section to cfdisk the drive, it won't see the second one where i want to install Linux onto.

    At first I thought it was a RAID issue from what I saw on the interweb. So I changed it to ACHI in the BIOS but it still doesnt recognize the D: drive.

    More research and I was led to physically moving the drive. Not a fan. I'll pick up a single drive, used laptop and wipe it and install before i open up this one.

    It's running win10 right now.

    One other option i have, but don't want to do is, partition the c: drive with 100 Gigs for windows and 50 for Slack. There are so many partitions on it already with all the recovery stuff. *stuff* is an industry term btw.

    Thanks

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  • From Cougar428@VERT/CJSPLACE to BOGOMIPS on Fri May 9 09:23:16 2025
    Quoting Bogomips to All <=-

    drive with 100 Gigs for windows and 50 for Slack. There are so many partitions on it already with all the recovery stuff. *stuff* is an industry term btw.

    Apologies as I don't have any solutions to present to you. I know
    enough to know that I can't help.

    Just wanted to comment on the recovery 'stuff'. In my day we used to
    call that 'junk'. I used to always keep that junk, but after years of
    not needing it and erasing the partitions I never looked back. Of
    course that was years later, always hesitated as 'I might need it'.

    Cougar

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  • From Bogomips@VERT to Cougar428 on Fri May 9 11:12:37 2025
    Re: cfdisk won't see second D
    By: Cougar428 to BOGOMIPS on Fri May 09 2025 09:23 am

    Just wanted to comment on the recovery 'stuff'. In my day we used to
    call that 'junk'. I used to always keep that junk, but after years of
    not needing it and erasing the partitions I never looked back. Of
    course that was years later, always hesitated as 'I might need it'.

    I've not had this win10 a week, and already have had to re-install windows, after I screwed around with the BIOS and couldn't recover. When I made the change I should have been in safe mode. But the reinstall was easy and I didn't have anything loaded anyway. my last version was XPpro and I wish it was still supported.

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