<SNIP> > and someone wanted the partition layout of hda... > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2220 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 256 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda2 257 2219 15767797+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 257 512 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda6 513 768 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda7 769 1024 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda8 1025 1280 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda9 1281 1536 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda10 1537 1792 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda11 1793 2048 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda12 2049 2219 1373526 6 FAT16
All of those plus signs (+) are potential problems. That means partitions aren't ending on the correct boundaries, and that confused both lilo and grub when I had it that way. I had to delete everything and manually create and check each partition, then write it to disk after I got rid of all of the pluses. Just giving a size or putting in a stop cylinder wasn't enough. I had to create a partition and look to see if it had a plus, delete it if it did, recreate it if it was deleted (upping or lowering a cylinder each time) and saving the product when all was done. Is there an easier way? I couldn't find it if there is. How did it happen? In my case I let the installer autopartition the drives. I won't do it again. Floppies will still continue to work if you don't want to go to all of the trouble. Hopefully somebody will come up with a better answer, but that's what I ended up having to do. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
