Bug#378971: package: installation-reports
On 20/07/06, Mark Pictor <mpictor@yahoo.com> wrote:
Something else: extended partitions aren't supposed to be
bootable, are they? Yet sda7 was set to boot, and it is extended,
not primary. sounds like a bug to me...
You are confusing logical partitions with extended partitions. The
later type can contain the former type.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 5 40131 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 6 12163 97659135 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 12164 36481 195334335 5 Extended
^^^^^^^^^^^ this is the only extended partition (the extended
partition is also primary)
\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ these are all secondary paritions
/dev/sda5 12164 24141 96213253+ c W95 FAT32
(LBA)
/dev/sda6 24142 36299 97659103+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 36300 36481 1461883+ 83 Linux
sda1 - /boot for Etch AMD64
sda2 - C: for WXP SP2
sda5 - D:, FAT32 so it can be written from WXP and Linux
sda6 - / for Etch AMD64
sda7 - / for Etch x86 (this is the install I have trouble with)
In your case I suppose the partition which should be bootable is sda2
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Regards,
EddyP
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