cfdisk question

[Karnevil9]

How is cfdisk suppose to work? I have read a link on what to do, and what the different questions mean, but not what to expect if it is not working.

Here is my problem. I am trying to install Vector linux on a 60gig hd that has two XP installs on it, one Linux (Libranet) on it and some free space. The installation gets me as far as the partition disk portion. It won't self partition, maybe because something is wrong with the iso disk, but I tried to different disks, of two different versions of Vector I have downloaded and both run into the same problem? I have to cfdisk to partition. The cfdisk screen comes up, all my partitions are there. What do I do now?

It gives me a choice of to toggle the selections. I have one NTFS partiton listed as boot. Do I just select write if it is what I want? If I select write, does it write only the hda selection that is highlighted to disk or does it write the whole screen I am looking at. Anyway, No matter what I try, I am returned to the same screen, with the same options and selections. Is that what is suppose to happen, or does that mean that something is wrong and it didn't write. There doesn't seem to be any way out of cfdisk other than quit, which starts the whole boot process all over again from the Start.

If I quit I will sometimes get an error message stating it can't find the Vector.bz2 file, or that it is written wrong. I checked both disks files from M$ and they do show Vectur.bz2 file in the file folders. The final error message I have says that "/dev/scd7 is not a valid block device".

What is most likely happening here. Bad file on both disks? cfdisk not partitioning properly. Problems in existing problem.?

I thought about using partition magic to just wipe the linux half of the partition and then trying the install again. Any help is appreciated.