I second that . . .
I always use Partition Magic (PM6) to partition first, then use
diskdrake to format during install.
Now I get something strange - PM6 doesn't complain with the existing
partition tables, but diskdrake does.
"I can't read your partition table, it's too corrupted for me :( - I'll
try to go on blanking bad partitions"
here is my partition table from fdisk -l :
omitting empty partition (5)
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2501
cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks
Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 385 2501 17004771
f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 1 384
3084448+ 1b Hidden Win95 FAT32
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 1277 2501 9839781
83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3737
cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks
Id System
/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 281 2257101
b Win95 FAT32
/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 282 3737 27760320
f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 282 728 3590496
b Win95 FAT32
/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 729 1162
3486073+ 83 Linux
/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 1163 1596
3486073+ 83 Linux
/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 1597 1625 232911
82 Linux swap
/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part9 1626 2008 3076416
b Win95 FAT32
/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part10 2009 2773 6144831
b Win95 FAT32
/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part11 2774 3737
7743298+ b Win95 FAT32
Thanks,
R. Fox
On 06 Sep 2001 12:58:05 -0700, SI Reasoning wrote:
> I generally partition with PM6 then install windows
> then Linux. However, once the rpm was so broken in
> cooker I had to upgrade through re-install and I had
> to use diskdrake to re-create mount points as part of
> the process (but I did not reformat or change anything
> else I don't think). Since that time I cannot use PM6
> anymore.
>
> --- Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
> > > System
> > > /dev/hda1 8 209 1527088+ b
> > Win95 FAT32
> > > /dev/hda2 210 650 3333960 17
> > Hidden HPFS/NTFS
> > > /dev/hda3 * 1 7 52888+ 83
> > Linux
> > > /dev/hda4 651 1559 6872040 f
> > Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> > > /dev/hda5 651 693 325048+ 82
> > Linux swap
> > > /dev/hda6 1425 1559 1020568+ 83
> > Linux
> > > /dev/hda7 694 1371 5125648+ 83
> > Linux
> > > /dev/hda8 1372 1424 400648+ 83
> > Linux
> >
> > if Partition Magic doesn't handle such classical
> > partition tables i don't know
> > what to do...
> >
>
>
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