Ok what do you do with Linux fdisk to add a logical partition to an extended one? How do you add a swap partition with fdisk? No options come up that allow this.
Ernie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Updating RH Linux 6.2 > After all of these travails, I decided to repartition using fdisc. I > deleted the (3) partitions hda1, extended and <swap>. Then I added two > partions (I was given a choice of extended or primary) for each > addtion. I put in the stop and stop cylinders exactly as Disk Druid > and fdisc had shown them. Disk Druid only showed two partitions, > fdisk showed three. DD only showed hda1 and <swap> while fdisc showed > hda1, extended and <swap>. I wrote the changes and fdisc barked that > there was a partition 0 that must have been put on by another > operating system.(what is that? When I installed the 7.1 over Windows > I asked for the entire disk to be partitioned for Linux. No dual > operating system) > > Here is my current plan of attack. Use DOS (can you believe it?) to > fdisk the hard drive and set up one big partition. Then format that > partition. This may only get me so far though. I still have to worry > about the install seeing my network card. > > Does anyone have another idea about how to fix this? > It sounds like you never put a logical partition on the extended one. Extended partitions are never useable directly, you have to put one or more logical partitions into them. Cameron -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
