instalation can't detect my fat32 extend partition

indiosmo · 05-18-2003, 02:28 PM

I'm trying to install slackware 9.0 but when i boot the cd it fails at:
detecting partitions:
the same happened to conectiva 8.0
it happens because i have windows 98 installed and it doesn't support 2 primary partitions, so i have an extended fat32 too and the setup fails when it try to detect it...
is there any extra parameter I may type at the boot or something???

Tinkster · 05-18-2003, 03:18 PM

Hi ...

Slack has no problems with "extended partitions",
and Win98 has no problem with two primary partitions.

The only problem with Slack & partitions I can
think of is if you used some sort of Partition Extender
like Ontracks Diskmanager to provide Win98 access
across the 8GB border.

What exactly is your HD's layout?

Cheers,
Tink

indiosmo · 05-18-2003, 03:24 PM

i tried to use partition magic 8.0 to change my extended to primary but it says that win98 can't support 2 primary....

hda1 FAT32 primary
hda2 Linux Ext2 primary
hda3 Linux Swap primary
hda4 Extended primary
hda5 FAT32 logical

Tinkster · 05-18-2003, 04:13 PM

So ... what kind of error-messages are you
getting from slack?
What does fdisk -l report when run from
the boot-cd's shell?

Cheers,
Tink

indiosmo · 05-18-2003, 04:18 PM

i don't have error messages.. and it's not the extended partition the problem, but the logical, i was mistaken...
but, anyway:
i put the cd
reboot computer
the "boot:" prompt appears
i press return
it starts booting
when "detecting partitions" appears the computer simply crash...
i'm almost sure that it happens because of a conflict or something with the logical partition...

Tinkster · 05-18-2003, 04:24 PM

Hmmm ...
If I boot from my Slack 9 CD
I don't see a line that says
"detecting partitions"

What exactly are you doing when it
says that?

Cheers,
Tink

indiosmo · 05-18-2003, 04:39 PM

sorry, it's "partition checking"
i don't do nothing, the system crashes, and i have to reboot

Tinkster · 05-18-2003, 06:34 PM

Hmmm ...

That probably means that the IDE driver
doesn't like the chipset in your box much.

However, I did a search on LQ and found
a few threads :} that match your problem.
You might want to do the same and try
their tips ;)

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...der=descending

Cheers,
Tink

indiosmo · 05-19-2003, 03:49 PM

tanks man, its working now....