On 31 May, Charles Curley wrote:
>
> hda2 is an extended partition, both according to the file system ID and what
> it does: it holds other, logical, partitions within it. hda5 is labeled 7,
> NTFS or HPFS, but it really is an extended partition. I don't know how it
> got created or labled, but it should never have been created, and, having
> been created an extended partition, it should have been IDed as such.
>
> ->
> -> > You should immediately abandon and never use again whatever program you
> -> > used to partition this drive.
> -> >
> ->
> -> The first two partitions were created with PM and 3-5 were (suposed to be)
> -> created by the Mandrake install process. So you're saying I should... No, I
> -> don't think you are. :-) I have to think about what I'm gonna do about this.
>
> You probably used a custom install (the only way to preserve the FAT
> partition), which meant you manully created the partitions with Disk Druid
> or fdisk. fdisk would have both enforced the numbering and prevented the
> overlapping partitions, and disk druid ought to have (I don't use disk
> druid, so I don't know if it does).
>
Yes I did. I used diskdrake which is what is used by the install process.
Hmmm.... If I go back to partition magic and change the type of partition 2
to be NT or whatever (so that it isn't extended anymore) will everything
from that partition disappear? I don't think it's a huge problem but since I
had problems yesterday because of some programs on that partition, I'll
probably get a long and studious stare from the people in support when I ask
for CDs to reinstall...
L
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