Re: PLAN failed strangely
Hi Hendrik,
On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 03:26:05PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Or is there a possible hardware problem -- one that lets Linux
> work fine, lets Windows format partitions correctly, but does
> not let it install? I did have a motherboard replaced recently.
hm, I've heard, it's more the other way around with resp. to hardware
problems: Windows works "fine" and Linux shows some strange behavior now
and then. (Think of kernel compiling, heavy load etc.)
> 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#
Well, to me the 7 FAT32 partitions look weired. Do you need them? Maybe this
is even the reason for the failing Windows install. Maybe WinME can't cope
with so much partitions, but the error message doesn't show this.
I would delete them, maybe even the swap partition, extend the extended
partition to the end of the disk. (You maybe could put swap there; I don't
know yet, if it can be placed inside an ext. part.)
Hm, you could try another thing. IIRC I've read something that (especially)
WinME is very picky about partitions. I think there was something about
hiding all (?) other partitions before booting ME. I haven't found, if LILO
can do this per boot, maybe you have to use grub for that.
You could try to hide all partitions manually, install WinME and unhide them
afterward. Maybe it will boot and don't care about the other partitions.
If this doesn't work (install-wise) and you are very willing to experiment,
you could to note down the start and stop of each other partition, delete
them except the first one (for WinME) and install it (hoping WinME will not
claim all the space). After that putting back the partition information.
(Maybe fdisk has some kind of import/export function.)
> sarge is on /dev/hda3,
> woody is on /dev/hda4,
> and Windows is NOT on /dav/hda1
Let us hear from your results. :)
Greetings,
Mike
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