Re: can't install debian after freebsd?
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On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 03:34:48AM +0800, fg007@mail1.sjtu.edu.cn wrote:
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
..snipped normal looking output of fdisk
> I mean debian *installing* program mistake my partiotion table.
Yep, and what part of the install program suite? The part were you get to
partition your hard disk? If so that would be "cfdisk". So it would be
interesting to compare the output of *both* fdisk and cfdisk:
# cfdisk -Pt /dev/hda
# fdisk -l /dev/hda
> freebsd has it's partition,/dev/hda3=wd0s2,it's a primary partiotion
> absolutly.
Yep your definitely right here,
checked in on the web in FreeBSD excelent online docs.
> I suspect debian's installing program mistake wd0s2a,wd0s2b...as
> extended partion.
I find this a bit worrying, if fdisk and cfdisk treat BSD partitions
differently, who knows how the kernel will treat them! So, let's have
a look:)
Ah, I see a CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL flag in the config help, and setting
this would indeed bring life into that special bsd-primary-partition.
[[ had your running kernel that flag on when compiled?
the default debian kernels seem to have it on. ]]
Looking further into the source I think this bsd-primary-partition is
delt with *after* all normal (linux/dos/windows) extended partitions
are traversed, so bsd partitions will be numbered last. At least in
the kernel.
> CF> For better help, post your partition table, i.e. the output of:
>
> CF> # fdisk -l /dev/hda
> CF> # cfdisk -Pt /dev/hda
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groetjes, carel
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