On 10/11/09, Fred Crowson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/11/09, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I think I found the source of several problems on my hd.
>> I have an 40 gig hd (WDC WD400BB-75DEA0) that right now has:
>> #1: primary partition with Windows 2kpro
>> #2: extended partition with Windows D partition, PCLinuxOS, and extra
>> ext2fs partitions for files
>> #3. end of hd has my primary partition with OpenBSD 4.4
>>
>> OpenBSD and dos(partition magic) both show geometry of 4863,255,63
>> linux shows geometry of 4865,255,63). Actual sectors (even printed on
>> hd) is 78125000, but linux shows 78156225.
>>
>> I don't know what to do to fix that.
>>
>> The systems have been running ok, but I can't mount the PCLinuxOS
>> partition from OpenBSD and when trying to install 4.5 or 4.6, I get
>> the ERR M problem.
>>
>> I use Windows strictly for powerpoint files and I don't get on the
>> internet with it, linux for flash and other junk like that. OpenBSD is
>> my main running system.
>>
>> Any help greatly appreciated. I tried google, but didn't see anything
>> to fix this.
>
> How are you getting the various OS to boot?
>
> A bit more info would be a help...
>
> Fred
>
Didn't think about that :)
Was 2nd guessing what info would be needed (good info=OpenBSD vs bad
info=linux).
Right now, I'm using Air-Boot, but also have used grub.
