On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:26 PM, balaji sivanath > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On disk configuration part when going for manual partition i got this >> error "Fatal error: bad logical partition 8:enlarged logical >> partitions overlap". >> >> Here is my fdisk -l output: >> >> Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> Disk identifier: 0xae1bae1b >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sda1 * 1 9561 76798701 7 HPFS/NTFS >> /dev/sda2 9562 60800 411576501+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) >> /dev/sda5 22310 35057 102398278+ 7 HPFS/NTFS >> /dev/sda6 47494 47805 2499584 82 Linux swap / Solaris >> /dev/sda7 47806 60800 104381440 7 HPFS/NTFS >> /dev/sda8 9562 15935 51199092 7 HPFS/NTFS >> /dev/sda9 35058 47368 98882560 83 Linux >> /dev/sda10 47368 47493 1007616 82 Linux swap / Solaris >> /dev/sda11 15936 22309 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS >> >> Partition table entries are not in disk order. >> >> I want to install arch in sda7. (sda10 was swap space created by >> ubuntu then for oracle i needed more swap space so i created sda6) > > A search for "Fatal error: bad logical partition enlarged > logicalpartitions overlap" throws up quite a few links. > > Looks like others have encountered similar problem. I suppose you > tried this already right? (I hope so) > > The fdisk out put that you have pasted is hard to read. The > partition numbers are not in order but if you could rearrange the > lines in terms of start/end sectors sorted then it would be easier to > spot the problem. See this post > <http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=71266> > > I suggest you boot the system with SystemRescueCD. Fire up X with > startx and then use GParted to view how your partitions line up > visually. Back up your data. >
Is it possible to rename a partition? like /dev/sda8 into /dev/sda3 without loss of data > -- > Arun Khan > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
