[ILUG] strange fdisk problem...

[John McCormac]

"John P. Looney" wrote:
> 
>  This is a little wierd. I don't seem to be able to use fdisk at all;
> 
> Command (m for help): n
> First cylinder (1276-2982, default 1276):
> Using default value 1276
> Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1276-1762, default 1762):
> Using default value 1762
> 
> Command (m for help): p
> 
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4865 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System

Reordered according to start and end:


> /dev/hda4             1         4     32098+  83  Linux             [pri/ext]
> /dev/hda1   *         5      1275  10209307+   c  Win95 FAT32 (LBA) [pri/ext]
> /dev/hda3          1276      2982  13711477+   f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA) [pri/ext]
> /dev/hda7          1276      1762   3911796   83  Linux             [logical] 
> /dev/hda6          1763      1827    522081   82  Linux swap        [logical]
> /dev/hda5          1926      2982   8490321   83  Linux             [logical]
> /dev/hda2          2983      4865  15125197+  83  Linux             [pri/ext but is logical here]

There seems to be a jump between hda6 and hda5. I'm not sure if the
order of the partitions should matter. However hda1/2/3/4 are normally
selectable as either pimary or extended. The structure here has hda2 as
a logical drive in the extended partition. I think I ran across
something similar while formatting and partitioning a large drive. The
fix, if I remember correctly was to start with the extended partition as
being just extended and then redesignate the partition as being Win95
Extd after creating the Linux drives. I think it may have more to do
with how fdisk expects the pri/extended drives.

Regards...jmcc
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