disk partition probs - FC2 install

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 12.06.2004 schrieb Matt Rex um 8:22:

> [root at moe root]# fdisk -l /dev/hda
> omitting empty partition (5)
> 
> Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7297 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1             1         6     48163+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda2   *         7       261   2048287+   6  FAT16
> /dev/hda3           262      7297  56516670    f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)

hda3 extended partition containing the rest ...

> /dev/hda4          2302      2811   4096543+  83  Linux

hda4 is the 4th primary partition, so why is it inside the extended
partition? Should be a logical one.

> /dev/hda5           262      2301  16386237   83  Linux

Yes, and hda5 is before hda4.

> /dev/hda6          2812      2909    787153+  82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda7          2910      6734  30724281    c  Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda8          6735      7296   4514233+   b  Win95 FAT32
> 
> Should I repartition and start again?

If your system is running and you face no problems, then let it run. But
you say you have problem in Windows[tm] with the disk manager and that
the installation of FC2 fails. No, it is no geometry bug. You
partitioning is just awful. So if you want to go on and install Fedora
Core 2, then you certainly will have to save your data and repartition
the whole drive.

> Matt.

Alexander


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