> -----Original Message----- > From: Mikkel L. Ellertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 December 2005 23:33 > To: newbie@mandrivalinux.org > Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitions Overlap?! > > > Steve Goodey wrote: > > Hello, > > > > A bit of help please. > > > > Went to delete a windows partition on any empty disc and > convert it to > > ext3, > > but have been hit by the following error message. > > > > partitions sector #1869771365 (80GB) and sector #1701519481 (891GB) > > are > > overlapping! > > > > How can I translate the above into which is the affected disc? > > > > FSTAB follows. > > > <------------[ snip ]-----------------> > > > The output of "fdisk -l /dev/hda" would be helpful. If the > partition you are deleting not on the first hard drive, then > change /dev/hda to the correct device. > > Mikkel > -- My apologies, I've worded this very badly. I was doing this from DiskDrake. However, after a reboot the problem has disappeared. Lesson, never rush into asking for help.
Mikkel, thanks for the suggestion anyway. Steve
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