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Originally posted by J.W.
Melkor - for Linux, the file types you want to use are 82 (for swap) and 83 (for Linux native) -- you would not want to use file type 05.
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For creating a swap partition, I
did use type 82. But for creating an extended partition, the option in cfdisk is "05". And everything I've read says that that's the option to pick to create an extended partition. And for Linux Native, I
did pick 83. I didn't have any problems with swap or Linux native. Just extended.
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cfdisk gives you a wide range of choices, some of which run over to a second page, and it's possible that you might not have navigated over to that second page. (FWIW benjithegreat98's comments about how primary and logical paritions are numbered are spot on, nicely done.)
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Yup. I saw them.
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Anyway, based on your description, it sounds like you were trying to change the file type of a partition after it was created (which threw the error message) and what you'd need to do instead would be delete the partition first, then recreate it under the correct file type. That's just a guess, but it seems it would fit your description pretty well.
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Cfdisk doesn't give you the option to specify the type at the time of creation. The "type" option comes
after you create a new partition. The problem I was having was that I could specify ANY type of partition I wanted...
except "extended".
