Re: NO error in fdisk :D
Nathan E Norman wrote:
>
> On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, HELMUT LEINFELLNER wrote:
>
> : Nathan E Norman wrote:
> : >
> : > On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, HELMUT LEINFELLNER wrote:
> : >
> : > : Hi !
> : > :
> : > : Just wanted to let you know that I can finally run both Win95 and Linux
> : > : on different partitions. The key to this was to put the DOS partitions
> : > : FIRST.
> : > : The only thing still to solve right now is this:
> : > : DOS fdisk gives:
> : > :
> : > : 1 PRI DOS YESHUA 1000 FAT16 100%
> : > : 2 EXT DOS 1000 100%
> : > : 3 Non-DOS 64 23%
> : > : 4 Non-DOS 2047 100%
> : > :
> : > : Partition 3 + 4 are Linux swap and Linux native, respectively.
> : > : DOS fdisk recognises the primary DOS partition (1), but not the extended
> : > : one (2). (This one is split into 4 logical partitions, each 250 MB
> : > : size.)
> : > :
> : > : Can anyone help ?
> : >
> : > I'm hopping into this thread, so if I missed something from before,
> : > sorry.
> : >
> : > What are the cylinder numbers on partition 2? If you used NORMAL
> : > mapping, which I seem to recall you did, DOS isn't going to be pleased
> : > with a partition that has cylinder numbers > 1024.
> :
> : I forgot to add my question :)
> :
> : Does this mean I can't use two DOS paritions if the first one is already
> : 1000 MB big ?
> :
> : Hemut
>
> Well, maybe. Here's the problem, as I understand it. DOS doesn't like
> partitions that cross the 1024 cylinder boundary - if your partition
> starts at, say, cylinder 950 and ends at cylinder 1200, DOS will see
> cylinders 950-1024, and that's it. It won't see any partitions that
> begin on a cylinder greater than 1024.
>
> So, if your first partition is using up all the cylinders to 1024,
>
> (What I was asking in my last email is which cylinder does each
> partition begin and end on ... if you're running normal mode you're
> alomost certainly bumping into the 1024 limit).
>
Can't tell you right now - I'm using a different computer.
I'll tell you later, OK ?
Thanks a lot for your help !
Helmut
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