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incorrect partition information

Code:

[root@localhost incoming]# fdisk -l /dev/hda



Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes

16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77545 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/hda1  *          1      20799    10482381    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)

/dev/hda2          20799      77520    28587667+  f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)

/dev/hda5          41597      77520    18105223+  c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)

/dev/hda6          20800      40557    9958000+  83  Linux

/dev/hda7          40558      41596      523624+  82  Linux swap



Partition table entries are not in disk order

what does the last sentence mean?

i'm now using fc2 but the system crashes at boot some time after installation. it said sth like cannot mount /. i've tried to rm -r / , start over & reinstall several times. do it related to an "incorrect" partition table? any remedies?

fdisk listed the partitions in numerical order but the partitions were not created in numerical order. It should not be a problem. If you look at the start and stop blocks of hda5, 6 and 7 you will see hda6 is at the beginning of the extended partitions (20800 - 40557) then 7 ( 40558 - 41596) and then 5 ( 41597 - 77520), instead of 5,6,7.

I do see an error, the end block of hda1 is the same as the start of hda2. It is difficult to say what crashed the system.

Can windows access the D: drive without problems?

both win (w2k prof) & fc2 reads hda5 (D:) well after bootup. an err msg comes up when druid tries to looks for a linux partition during the installation of fc2.