I just did a fresh install of ML 7.1. Prior to this, I had three partitions
in all:
1. the Windows partition
2. the linux partition
3. the swap partition
During installation, I used DiskDrake to split the old linux partition into
three new partitions.
I mounted:
1. / on the first new partition (which DiskDrake named /dev/hda5)
2. /usr on the second partition (/dev/hda6)
3. and /home on the third partition (/dev/hda7)
Installation went smoothly to the end. I then had to reboot into Windows to
reinstall BootMagic but it won't detect the linux partition properly. It
finds the Windows (/dev/hda1) and the swap partition (/dev/hda3) no sweat,
but sees my three new linux partitions as one primary partition (the second
primary partition) of 'Type 85' instead of a linux native format.
I think this installation is doomed. This is the second time this happened.
I couldn't even get to linux using a boot disk the first time.
Do you think I should just play safe and reinstall linux to a single
primary partition next time?
Linux has tools with which to defragment and nondestructively split my
linux partition later, right? (I have 10+ GB devoted to linux, which I'd
like to organize properly.)
Or does anybody know a solution that would take a lot less of time than
reinstallation?
Thanks.
Abe
