On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, james hartley (sys admin) wrote:
> Vidiot wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm curious as to how you got in this state. I didn't know that fdisk
> > would let you put in bad numbers. Whenever I've used it, after doing
> > hda1 (using the above example), putting in the next partition would give
> > you 1085 as the choice as to where to start the next partition. How did
> > you ever get 1024 entered?
> >
> > Not only that, but the root partition should be no larger than 1024.
> > Also, where is your SWAP? That can be no larger than 128MB.
> >
> > I'd redo the fdisk on the above and make it look like:
> >
> > /tmp/hda1 1 1 1024 83 Linux Native
> > /tmp/hda2 1025 1025 1294 82 Linux Swap
> > /tmp/hda3 1295 1295 6641 83 Linux Native
> > /tmp/hda4 6642 6642 8896 83 Linux Native
> >
> > I believe 82 is the Linux Swap, otherwise it is 84. The above are just
> > examples, your mileage will vary.
> >
> > Actually, what I've done with my 5.4GB is to make three partitions,
> > root (/), swap and /usr. Trying to subdivide a disk as never worked out
> > for me. You never figure out what you really want. Murphy's Law says
> > that whatever you divide it out to be will be wrong.
> >
> > MB
> > --
> Yes I would like that but unfortunatly the fdisk utility puts in the
> screwed up numbers that I listed in the last post automatically.
>
> That is why I am asking that question. In addition my bios allows me
> to see all of my disk so the 1024 sectprs is not a problem. If I could
> set the begining values I would be set. Thanks
It is most likely a lilo problem. I have seen this when trying to
set up a disk on hdc or higher. You need to pass the translated c,h,s
to lilo at boot time so it cna pass them to the kernel and fdisk.
I think it is in the lilo docs.
......Tom "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
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