"Chris L. Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1232 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdb1 1 392 3148708+ 5 Extended
> /dev/hdb3 588 849 2104515 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb4 850 1232 3076447+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb5 1 359 2883604+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb6 360 392 265040+ 82 Linux swap
>
> > echo -e "x\np\nq\n" | /sbin/fdisk /dev/hdc
> > (which is, (p)rint in e(x)pert mode of fdisk)
>
> Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1232 cylinders
>
> Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID
> 1 00 1 1 0 254 63 391 63 6297417 05
> 2 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00
> 3 00 0 1 587 254 63 848 9430155 4209030 83
> 4 00 0 1 849 254 63 102313639185 6152895 83
> 5 00 2 1 0 254 63 358 63 5767209 83
> 6 00 1 2 359 254 63 391 63 530081 82
>
creating a starting extended partition was badly handled, but now it's ok
if you could re-test and tell me more (now it should be ok :)
i just tested the following with no problem
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1027 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 301 2417751 5 Extended
/dev/hda2 927 1027 811282+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 302 586 2289262+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 587 926 2731050 83 Linux
/dev/hda5 1 104 835317 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 105 301 1582371 83 Linux
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1027 cylinders
Nr AF Hd Sec Cyl Hd Sec Cyl Start Size ID
1 80 1 1 0 254 63 300 63 4835502 05
2 00 0 1 926 254 63 102314876190 1622565 82
3 00 0 1 301 254 63 585 4835565 4578525 83
4 00 0 1 586 254 63 925 9414090 5462100 83
5 00 2 1 0 254 63 103 63 1670634 83
6 00 1 1 104 254 63 300 63 3164742 83
>
> Okay, I had one other problem too. As other people reported, the GUI
> really started to slow down. It was okay for the beginning when it asked
> for the Language, and the install options, but when diskdrake started to
> launch, it really got slow.
>
yes, i must find out :(
cu Pixel.
