Hmm, one last suggestion. What if he goes in with linux fdisk and uses
the t command to change the extended partition's type to 5, which is what fdisk
and disk druid expect. Then he should be able to see the logical partitions,
and install linux. If windows barf, then change the type back to 0x0f after
installing Linux!
Simon
On Wed, 02 Dec 1998, you wrote:
>Hi, all,
>
>thanks for all the answers. unfortunately i used fdisk which came with my
>old window95/windows/command , guess that's why disk druid didn't see all
>the logical partition inside the extended partition. Now i have a problem,
>i already install windows98 and NT and everything's configurated and works
>perfect, it will be a pain in the ass to repartition everything using some
>better fdisk and reinstall win98 and NT.. any ideas? maybe i should ghost
>it somewhere and reinstall it back in later.
>
>thanks
>paul
>
>> ***********Important question*************
>>
>> What did you use to partition the drive?
>>
>> ******************************************
>>
>> > mount joint device requested actual type
>> > hda1 2047M 2047M dos16bit ->32
>> > hda2 7679M 7679M 0x0f
>> >
>> > how do i edit it so it will install it onto "I" drive that i reserved?
>>
>> As mentioned, the "I drive" may be past the 1024 cylinder, and it's
>> probably best to put at least a small boot partition before that point.
>> See, for example,
>>
>> http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/RHL-5.2-Manual/install-guide/manual/
>>
>> Section 2.7 talks about partitions and LILO.
>>
>> Anyway, disk druid *should* be showing you something like this:
>>
>> mount point device requested actual type
>> hda1 2047M 2047M dos16bit ->32
>> hda2 7679M 7679M Extended
>> hda5 2000M 2000M dos16bit ->32
>> hda6 2000M 2000M dos16bit ->32
>> hda7 2000M 2000M dos16bit ->32
>> : : : :
>>
>> where hda5,6,7,8,9,... are the "logical partitions" within the extended
>> partition. Whatever you used to partition the disk is doing something a
>> little strange. Don't touch the disk with disk druid unless you're
>> willing to lose everything on the computer except for linux. We first
>> need to figure out why disk druid can't read your partition table.
>> Have you tried linux fdisk?
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Tom Bryan
>> Applied Research Laboratories
>> University of Texas at Austin
>>
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