On May 10, 5:19 pm, Baho Utot <baho-u...@bildanet.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 May 2008 11:17:46 +0000, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>
> > Here is the partition table for the first hard drive of a dual-boot
> > system of mine according to fdisk. Note that the partition type for the
> > fourth (extended) partition is f which, I believe, is 15 in hex. If this
> > is representative, your fourth partition is OK and you are having other
> > problems.
>
> > Disk /dev/hda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track,
> > 9964 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/hda1 * 1 3134 25173823+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/hda2 3135 3657 4200997+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> > /dev/hda3 3658 3670 104422+ 83 Linux /dev/hda4
> > 3671 9964 50556555 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) <--
> > /dev/hda5 3671 4193 4200966 83 Linux /dev/hda6
> > 4194 4324 1052226 82 Linux swap /dev/hda7
> > 4325 4847 4200966 83 Linux /dev/hda8 4848
> > 5370 4200966 83 Linux /dev/hda9 5371 5893
> > 4200966 83 Linux /dev/hda10 5894 6938 8393931
> > 83 Linux
>
> Are you sure it shouldn't be
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x2ca02c9f
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 6527 52428096 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2 6528 6658 1052257+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda3 6659 6789 1052257+ 82 Linux swap /
> Solaris
> /dev/sda4 6790 48641 336176190 5 Extended <----
> /dev/sda5 6790 9400 20972826 83 Linux
> /dev/sda6 9401 10646 10008463+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda7 10647 16872 50010313+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda8 16873 23098 50010313+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda9 23099 25589 20008926 83 Linux
> /dev/sda10 25590 28080 20008926 83 Linux
> /dev/sda11 28081 48641 165156201 83 Linux
>
> --
> Tayo'y Mga Pinoy

Yes this is how my hda is shown as. Extended as #5 and also lists all
the partition within. But hdb shows only 4 partitions and the extended
as 15.

NS