denuniv.nl/pub/faqs/bios.faq. Note that this document is a
> > bit dated
> > and PC bioses have changed since the time of its writing.
> >
> > Seth R Arnold wrote:
> >
> > > Hey guys. I am a bit worried.
> > >
> > > cfdisk gives me this erro
since the time of its writing.
>
> Seth R Arnold wrote:
>
> > Hey guys. I am a bit worried.
> >
> > cfdisk gives me this error:
> > FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: Partition ends after end-of-disk
> >
> > I, being one of the sort-of-cautious type,
t;
> cfdisk gives me this error:
> FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: Partition ends after end-of-disk
>
> I, being one of the sort-of-cautious type, am scared.
>
> Here is a nice little output from df:
> amidala:/home/sarnold/redwood# df
> Filesystem 1k
Hey guys. I am a bit worried.
cfdisk gives me this error:
FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: Partition ends after end-of-disk
I, being one of the sort-of-cautious type, am scared.
Here is a nice little output from df:
amidala:/home/sarnold/redwood# df
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used
artition, it immediately chokes, saying "FATAL ERROR: Bad primary
> partition". I can't believe that the hard drive is bad, as it worked fine
> under NT before the formatting, and the SCSI disk utilities detect no
> problems. What can I do?
Uhm, I had a similar problem with
"FATAL ERROR: Bad primary
: partition". I can't believe that the hard drive is bad, as it worked fine
: under NT before the formatting, and the SCSI disk utilities detect no
: problems. What can I do?
Use alt-f2 to get the cli and use fdisk rather than cfdisk.
--
Nathan Norman
Midc
After doing a low-level format of the hard drive and running a
verification check without complaint, I am unable to install Debain
because when the installation program runs fdisk to set up the swap
partition, it immediately chokes, saying "FATAL ERROR: Bad primary
partition". I can
Nebu John Mathai wrote:
> Thanks for the scripts!
No problem.
> The problem turned out to be when WinNT partitioned its part of the
> drive, it messed up an adjacent primary partition.
>
> I have one more problem ... cfdisk reads the wrong disk geometry (ie, the
> C/H/S are wrong for my drive).
Thanks for the scripts!
The problem turned out to be when WinNT partitioned its part of the
drive, it messed up an adjacent primary partition.
I have one more problem ... cfdisk reads the wrong disk geometry (ie, the
C/H/S are wrong for my drive). Perhaps this is why the partitioning
conflicted b
ve to run
> some NT software for school), and NT disabled the "bootability" of Linux.
> So I used a boot disk to get back to Linux, and tried running cfdisk to
> get the partition with linux (the primary partition) bootable, but cfdisk
> now complains: "Fatal error: bad primary
rked fine.
>
> Now, a few days later I went to install NT (unfortunately I have to run
> some NT software for school), and NT disabled the "bootability" of Linux.
> So I used a boot disk to get back to Linux, and tried running cfdisk to
> get the partition with linux (the
partition) bootable, but cfdisk
now complains: "Fatal error: bad primary partition".
Any ideas on what this error means? Is my hard drive bad? I noticed that
cfdisk gives me cylinder/head/sector information on my drive that does not
matchmy hard drive specs ... should I use cfdisk to cha
I thought I would follow up my own note so that someone else might
benefit from the answer I found. (See below for question)
I found out that I had two partitions on my DOS harddisk. The first
partition amounted to about 2 megs and was a non-DOS partition. I have
no idea whatsoever how it got th
What command did you use with loadlin? It should be
loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin
Try this and make sure that you get it right.
The FATAL ERROR message is most likely caused by a bad floppy. Linux is
_very_ picky about floppies and you might need to make 5 or 6 before you
ge
I tried installing debian 1.3 after downloading it from the website.
I made a rescue floppy and attempted an install from DOS with loadlin
(1.6). From loadlin, I got the following message during the install
process (but before configuring the monitor or keyboard):
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to moun
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