> I'm not sure if I'm messed up here but all advice welcome:
>
> I
> used the WinXP setup CD to delete existing WinXP 32Gb partition,
> created
> 2 new 16Gb partitions, then made some spare space at end a new
> partition
> too (it may have been 2 new partitions). WinXP installed okay into one
> of the partitions (didn't create a
> filesys on the others).
>
> but then it seemed had to change from hda3 to hda6 to boot Debian and
> then when do gpart/parted it gives a
> smaller no.
> of partitions than the XP setup made and has a couple with same
> starting
> point (byte? cylinder?)....
>
> I then deleted the new partitions (leaving WinXP in the new but smaller
> partition) but still Debian (eg parted) only sees 3 partitions and two
> of them start in same place.
>
> Sorry for lack of details - will write them down and post later today
>
>
here are the details from fdisk, sfdisk and mount respectively:
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2081 16715601 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 4178 14592 83658487+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 4178 8354 33551721 b W95 FAT32
Command (m for help):
Disk /dev/hda: 14593 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 0+ 2080 2081- 16715601 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 4177 14591 10415 83658487+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,0,1)
/dev/hda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/hda5 4177+ 8353 4177- 33551721 b W95 FAT32
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
/dev/hda6 8354 13955 5602 44998065 83 Linux
start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,0,1)
/dev/hda6 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /data type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
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