Hello Carel,
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 382 3068383+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda3 702 1020 2562367+ a5 BSD/386
/dev/hda4 1021 4437 27447052+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1021 1275 2048256 6 FAT16
/dev/hda6 1276 1785 4096543+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 1786 2231 3582463+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda8 2232 2613 3068383+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda9 2614 2630 136521 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda10 2631 2995 2931831 83 Linux
/dev/hda11 2996 3314 2562336 83 Linux
/dev/hda12 3315 3557 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/hda13 3558 3876 2562336 83 Linux
/dev/hda14 3877 4194 2554303+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda15 4195 4437 1951866 83 Linux
I mean debian *installing* program mistake my partiotion table.
When I install debian from scratch,debian installing program will
mistake /dev/hda9 for /dev/hda14(maybe /dev/hda15,i dont remember
clearly)
mistake /dev/hda10 for /dev/hda15
/dev/hda11 for /dev/hda16
.........
If I delete freebsd partition,/dev/hda3,this mistake disappear.
freebsd has it's partition,/dev/hda3=wd0s2,it's a primary partiotion
absolutly.
In /dev/hda3,or wd0s2,
wd0s2a /root
wd0s2b /swap
wd0s2e /usr
wd0s2f /var
I suspect debian's installing program mistake wd0s2a,wd0s2b...as
extended partion.
In fact they are all freebsd's own partition.
Sunday, May 06, 2001, 2:16:22 AM, you wrote:
CF> I'm no partition guru, but...
CF> On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 09:16:59PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> hi,
>> I cannot reinstall debian because debian cann't recognize my
>> partitions correctly.
CF> I doubt this, it recognizes them allright, but differently from what
CF> you expected:)
>> I have installed freebsd in /dev/hda2
>> (including its own partition wd0s1a,dawd0s1b,wd0s1e,wd0s1f).
CF> What do you mean `incl its *own* part.'? bsd-partitions are partitions
CF> too:) I guess that hda2 is an extended partition, that is a partition
CF> containing sub partitions. If so I would expect linux to count those
CF> partitions as well. Or is hda2 a bsd specific extended partition that
CF> linux doesn't how to interpreted, like the linux-extended partition
CF> fully hides its content to Microsoft products? I guess not.
CF> To frase it differently: there are 4 primary partitions, each of which
CF> can be an extended partition and each extended partition can hold at
CF> most one real partition and one extended partition. The primary
CF> partitions are always numbered 1 to 4. The real partitions found in
CF> those extended partitions are numbered from 5 up as long as the OS
CF> knows how to deal with those extended partitions. One very often
CF> talks about logical partitions when refering to the real partitions
CF> in extended partitions.
CF> So in your case:
CF> /dev/hda2: extended partition, can't hold a file system
CF> /dev/hda5: same as wd0s1a (I guess, as I don't know bsd's part. naming
scheme)
CF> /dev/hda6: same as wd0s1b
CF> /dev/hda7: same as wd0s1e (where are c and d?)
CF> /dev/hda8: same as wd0s1f
CF> which would put your next linux partition at:
CF> /dev/hda3: second extended primary partition.
CF> I guess you've used more then one extended (primary) partition
CF> which holds the next real partiton...
CF> /dev/hda9: ...your linux partition
>> If I plan to install debain in /dev/hda5,the installing program
>> will mistake /dev/hda5 for /dev/hda8
CF> strange, I would expect /dev/hda9.
CF> For better help, post your partition table, i.e. the output of:
CF> # fdisk -l /dev/hda
CF> # cfdisk -Pt /dev/hda
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Best regards,
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