On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:49:55 +1300 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS > > /dev/hda2 1276 2812 12337951+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > > Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary: > > phys=(1023, 0, 63) should be (1023, 254, 63) > > /dev/hda3 2812 7476 37471581 b Win95 FAT32 > > /dev/hda5 1276 2681 11293663+ 83 Linux > > /dev/hda6 2682 2811 1044193+ 82 Linux swap
... > Similarly there seems to be a considerable overlap between hda2 and hda5. > Were these partitions created using different partitions tools? that would be because hda5 is within hda2, its a logical partition within an extended partition. it appears the end of hda2 is the only thing that needs changing. it should end on 2811. no data should be lost as /dev/hda6 ends in the right place, and shouldn't have over-ridden anything on the next physical partiton (/dev/hda3) -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
