Hi again Steve,
> /dev/hda1 * 1 128 1028128+ b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda2 129 1245 8972302+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5 129 511 3076416 b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda6 879 886 64228+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda7 887 1245 2883636 83 Linux
> /dev/hda8 512 878 2947896 b Win95 FAT32
>
> I'm not able to mount /dev/hda8, while I can mount both hda1 and
> hda5. Also, hda8 should be about 3GB in size (hda5, with approx the same
> number of block counts, is 3GB) But, it shows its size as only 1.85 GB,
> both in Linux and in Windows.
> I tried
> deleting the partition and then creating it again, and after doing that,
> I wasn't able to mount it in Linux.
Did you recreate the partition with Windos or with Linux? Did you create all
the logical partitions with the same OS? I am not sure, but it could be that
Linux and Windos create logical partitions in a different manner.
Have a look at the order: /dev/hda8 physically lies in between /dev/hda5 and
/dev/hda6. This added to the fact that maybe be you used the different OS's
fdisks interchangebly might have caused this problem.
The only solution I see is you recreate all logical partitions (maybe (not)
except /dev/hda5) and get them in the proper order (ie cylinder no of
/dev/hda8 comes after /dev/hda7). I am sorry, but I think somehow the logical
structure of the extended partition got messed up, and this is your only
solution.
Bye,
Leonard.
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