[--- On Fri, Apr 19 2002 03:18 -0700, ashutosh srivastava wrote this ---] > Dear Sir, > > I have a 40 GB HDD with following partitions : > > PRIMARY > /dev/hda1 - 24 MB - XOSL dedicated > /dev/hda2 - 02 GB - Windows NT Worksataion 4.0 > /dev/hda3 - 03 GB - Windows 98 SE > > EXTENDED LOGICAL > /dev/hda5 - 04 GB - Shared Data FAT > /dev/hda6 - 14 GB - Shared Data FAT32 > /dev/hda7 - 500 MB - Linux Swap > /dev/hda8 - 10 GB - Red Hat 7.1 Linux Native > > I am multi booting NT,98,Linux from XOSL. > > When I created 1 GB partition out of /dev/hda6 and > installed BeOS I can multi boot NT,98,BeOS. Linux > boots but gives the message "Kernel Panic:VFS:Unable > to mount root fs on 03:08". > > However if I delete BeOS (or any partition before > Linux, for that matter) from MBR by Ranish Partion > then I am able to boot LInux without any problem. > > It appears to me that inserting new partition before > existing Linux partition is creating problem. I even > tried to edit /etc/fstab but nothing happened. > [--- That's all ashutosh srivastava wrote on Fri, Apr 19 2002 03:18 -0700 ---]
I might not be right but in extended partition, don't the logical partitions keep the information about the the next logical partitions... Is there a chance that information about /dev/hda7 is lost due to /dev/hda6 tampering... -- Needs are a function of what other people have. _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
