Re: partition table numberings
Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> So here I am with being able to solve the problem.
>
> Following is the procedure:
> fdisk /dev/hda
> x - Enter to expert mode
> f - Fix the partition order.
> w - Commit changes.
>
> Modify the /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/menu.lst files accordingly.
> I'm done and everything is shown perfect.
>
> Now my questions,
> I did all this to solve the occasional hibernation problem that I faced
> which I suspected to be because of less swap space (My physical RAM is 768
> and my swap was 512).
>
> How many read/write heads does an IDE disk have (Eg a 30GB IDE Disk) ?
> Does having multiple swaps on one single disk enhance/degrade the
> performance ?
> Should I merge the two swaps to one single swap ?
I can't really answer about the swaps, although it's hard to see how it
would enhance anything. In your case, it probably doesn't matter too
much anyway since you have a good amount of RAM. I'm sure you'll get
some answers and theories on that though...
But I do appreciate you posting the information about the f option (fix
partition order). I wasn't aware of that one. I don't use fdisk too
much, but good to know the option is there.
Tom
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