Re: Debian installation

[jlarkin@aij.st.hmc.edu (John T. Larkin)]

> > >           Boot  Begin Start  End  Blocks  System
> > > /dev/hda1  *       1     1   163   82120+ Linux native
> > > /dev/hda2        164   164   244   40824  Linux swap
> > > 
> > > /dev/hda3        245   245  1260  512064  Linux native
> > > /dev/hda4       1024  1261  2484  616896  Extended
> > > /dev/hda5       1024  1261  1870  307408+ Linux native
> > > /dev/hda6       1024  1871  2484  309424+ Linux native
> 
> Something is wrong here.  If Extended means what it does in the dos world 
> i.e. as opposed to primary, something is very wrong.  hda1-4 should be 
> primary and hda5-... would be extended.  This means that when it says 
> Extended, Extended is a type, such as linux native, dos fat, HPFS, NTFS.

This assertion is incorrect.  If you want extended partitions, in either
dos or linux, the 4th primary partition is labeled "extended" and
the partition information for the extended partitions and the extended 
partitions themselves are contained within /dev/hda4.

>From what I see on this parition table, it looks valid.
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