Rodolfo wrote: > In 10 Gigabyte space I have 4 linux partitions > (besides the swap partition), each of them about 2.5 GB size. > One is the partition dedicated to the /home directory; > of the other three, > one contains a Mandrake installation whose bootloader is installed > in the MBR (Master Boot Record), > the other two contain Mandrake installations whose bootloaders > are installed in the first sector of the root partition. > Now, the problem is that the latest two (/dev/hda9 and /dev/hda10) > influence each other when I do new installations: > e.g., if in /dev/hda9 there is Mdk 10.1 and I install Mdk 9.1 > in in /dev/hda10, then 10.1 becomes 9.1; > if in /dev/hda10 there is Mdk 10.1 Official and I install Mdk 10.1 > Community in /dev/hda9, then Official becomes Community. > Is that normal? If not how to avoid it, and what am I doing wrong?
Mikkel wrote: >Dumb question - are you creating new partitions when you do the install, >or are you re-using partitions that are already there? > >From the sound of things, what I think is happening is that you have some >free space between hda8 and hda9. When you do the install, it creats a new >partition from this free space. As part of this process, the partitions >get renumbered, and this is what is causing the problems. The output of >"fdisk -l /dev/hda" before and after would help is solving this problem. Many thanks to Mikkel for his reply. I did many trials, and indeed the problem occurs every time, after deleting a partition, the other partitions get renumbered. But, how to avoid that? If I noticed well, when I delete the last number partition the other don't get renumbered, whereas they do if I delete one of the previous partitions. E.g.: suppose I have /dev/hda8, /dev/hda9 and /dev/hda10 (and no /dev/hda11): if I delete (with 'fdisk') /dev/hda10, then the other two remain the same: /dev/hda8 and /dev/hda9, without changing their numbers; instead, if I delete /dev/hda8, then /dev/hda9 becomes 8 and /dev/hda10 becomes 9; after that, at the reboot comes the disaster. How to avoid that? Suggestions appreciated. Thanks indeed, Rodolfo
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