Op vr, 01-04-2005 te 15:26 -0500, schreef Hendrik Boom: > It can't have formatted the whole disk (though I was worrked at the time), > because both Linuxes still boot fine. Windows' C: partition is perfectly > readable and writable by Linux, and is empty. > > In case it's still of interest, this is the output of fdisk -l: > > Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80054059008 bytes > 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 155114 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 24975 12586896 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hda2 25022 111563 43617168 5 Extended > /dev/hda3 113460 130114 8393962+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda4 138450 155104 8393962+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda5 25022 29150 2080417+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hda6 31206 41550 5213092+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hda7 43590 45661 1044225 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hda8 49710 55941 3140707+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hda9 60037 66269 3140707+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hda10 70365 78684 4192965 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hda11 86971 93203 3140707+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hda12 109953 111563 811282+ 82 Linux swap > lovesong:/home/hendrik# > > sarge is on /dev/hda3, > woody is on /dev/hda4, > and Windows is NOT on /dav/hda1 Windows wants to/needs to be installed on the first primary partition. Also windows might not like the partition scheme you have. It usually expects the extended partition to be the last primary partition on a disk and it does not like multiple primary partitions. I could be wrong on this but I seems to remember all this :) Greetings Arjan Oosting
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