incorrect partition information

scng · 09-24-2004, 11:18 AM

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?

michaelk · 09-24-2004, 12:40 PM

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?

scng · 09-24-2004, 11:53 PM

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.