----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > /dev/hdb1 * 1 62 497983+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdb2 63 86 996030 82 Linux swap > /dev/hdb3 187 3921 30001387+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdb4 3922 4164 1951897+ 5 Extended > /dev/hdb5 3922 4164 1951866 83 Linux
> Early on you said you had 27Gb free. Your extended partition is only 2Gb. > Before you go any further, I think it would be good to use fdisk to delete > /dev/hdb5 and /dev/hdb4. Remake /dev/hdb4 as extended to use the remainder of > the drive. Then make /dev/hdb5 again and reboot to see if it works. -snip- > Anita > Done. I should have recognized the size discrepancy. My new partitions for hdb4 and hdb5 are: /dev/hdb4 3922 - 7299 type5 Extended /dev/hdb5 3922 - 4180 type83 Linux (unformatted) Also re-ran Lilo, and this did not solve the problem. As the long string of "01 01 01 " is scrolling by, the hdd light is lit without thrashing => slow read of something, right? What if the boot sector for hda1 is causing problems somehow? What happens if I toggle the boot flag on hda1 -> off? Will that force the lilo-occupied hdb1 to be booted? Does it affect the ability to boot WinXP? Not that I can boot into windows right now, anyway. Even though we don't seem to be getting anywhere, I am grateful for your help. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
