> when i run linux cfdisk, i go to partition the hard drive to create linux > partitions, and i get the following message: > > FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition > Press any key to exit fdisk > > i can 'view partitions' with cfdisk. it shows me that there are 2 FAT32 > partitions on my hard disk.
Could you send us the entire output? I'd say print the allocation table from dos, but it won't recognize the output. Specifically, give us the start/stop information, and the file system types or numbers. also, what size of disk is it? And fwiw, here's mine: cfdisk 0.8l Disk Drive: /dev/hda Heads: 64 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 525 Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ hda1 Boot Primary DOS FAT16 (big) [ ] 338.63 hda2 Primary Linux Swap 127.97 hda3 Primary Linux ext2 567.00 [Bootable] [ Delete ] [ Help ] [Maximize] [ Print ] [ Quit ] [ Type ] [ Units ] [ Write ]