On 20/07/06, Mark Pictor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Something else: extended partitions aren't supposed to be bootable, are they? Yet sda7 was set to boot, and it is extended, not primary. sounds like a bug to me...
You are confusing logical partitions with extended partitions. The later type can contain the former type.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 5 40131 83 Linux /dev/sda2 6 12163 97659135 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 12164 36481 195334335 5 Extended
^^^^^^^^^^^ this is the only extended partition (the extended partition is also primary) \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ these are all secondary paritions
/dev/sda5 12164 24141 96213253+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sda6 24142 36299 97659103+ 83 Linux /dev/sda7 36300 36481 1461883+ 83 Linux sda1 - /boot for Etch AMD64 sda2 - C: for WXP SP2 sda5 - D:, FAT32 so it can be written from WXP and Linux sda6 - / for Etch AMD64 sda7 - / for Etch x86 (this is the install I have trouble with)
In your case I suppose the partition which should be bootable is sda2 -- Regards, EddyP ============================================= "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]