[SOLVED] Slackware 13.1 dual boot with windows 7 FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 1: Partiti

RabbidRabbit · 04-16-2011, 05:01 PM

I am trying to dual boot windows 7 and Slackware but when I ran cfdisk I had the error
FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 3: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder

and it asks me to exit cfdisk.

I have been able to install other distros fine (openSUSE, mandriva) but I just cant work out what the problem is.

piratesmack · 04-16-2011, 05:47 PM

Partition the disk with another tool like fdisk or gparted instead.

There's (probably) nothing wrong with your partition table.

cfdisk just doesn't seem to like MiB-aligned partitions, which is the default in Windows since Vista and in other modern partitioning tools.

RabbidRabbit · 04-17-2011, 06:16 AM

Thanks for that. I thought it might have something to do with the windows partition.