>HELLO: I am trying to load redhat 4.1 on a 4.3 gig drive. during the
>partitioning using fdisk I noticed that the begin start and end fields
>had overlapping in the begin field. specifically
>
>Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
>/tmp/hda1 1 1 1084 512158+ 83 Linux Native
>/tmp/hda2 1024 1085 1223 65677+ 83 Linux Native
>/tmp/hda3 1024 1224 6641 2560005 83 Linux Native
>/tmp/hda4 6644 6642 8896 1065487 83 Linux Native
>
>Command (m for help):v
>
>Warning: partition 1 overlays partition 2
>Warning: partition 1 overlays partition 3
>Warning: partition 2 overlays partition 3
>Warning: partition 3 overlays partition 4
>
>
>I read that linux only uses start and length to address the disk.
>
>My question is...
>
>Is the above a problem and if it is how do I correct it. I am running
>the Fdisk that came with the installation disk.
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.
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