Re: cfdisk: "Fatal error: Bad Primary partition"
Nebu John Mathai wrote:
> Thanks for the scripts!
No problem.
> The problem turned out to be when WinNT partitioned its part of the
> drive, it messed up an adjacent primary partition.
>
> I have one more problem ... cfdisk reads the wrong disk geometry (ie, the
> C/H/S are wrong for my drive). Perhaps this is why the partitioning
> conflicted between cfdisk and NT?
Sounds like a possibility. I'm no expert in this area though.
> I'm just a bit scared of changing the geometry because cfdisk says that
> only people who know what they're doing should do it. I plan to just
> replace cfdisk's number with the numbers on my drive manual. Does this
> seem alright?
I can only offer my own inclination but I would say it's definitely kosher to change
the geometry to what's in the drive manual. Then again, who knows if that might make
the NT partition unusable.
> Finally, is there a FAQ anywhere that discusses the whole idea of
> partitions (primary vs extended), disk geometries, and MBR? I'm obviously
> ignorant.
Take a look at /usr/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz.
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Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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