Re: partitions

["michael" <linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>]

> I'm not sure if I'm messed up here but all advice welcome:
>
>  I
>  used the WinXP setup CD to delete existing WinXP 32Gb partition,
>  created
>  2 new 16Gb partitions, then made some spare space at end a new
>  partition
>  too (it may have been 2 new partitions). WinXP installed okay into one
> of the partitions (didn't create a
>  filesys on the others).
>
>  but then it seemed had to change from hda3 to hda6 to boot Debian and
> then when do gpart/parted it gives a
>  smaller no.
>  of partitions than the XP setup made and has a couple with same
>  starting
>  point (byte? cylinder?)....
>
> I then deleted the new partitions (leaving WinXP in the new but smaller
> partition) but still Debian (eg parted) only sees 3 partitions and two
> of them start in same place.
>
> Sorry for lack of details - will write them down and post later today
>
>
here are the details from fdisk, sfdisk and mount respectively:
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        2081    16715601    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2            4178       14592    83658487+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5            4178        8354    33551721    b  W95 FAT32

Command (m for help):



Disk /dev/hda: 14593 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

   Device Boot Start     End   #cyls    #blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *      0+   2080    2081-  16715601    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2       4177   14591   10415   83658487+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
		start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,0,1)
/dev/hda3          0       -       0          0    0  Empty
/dev/hda4          0       -       0          0    0  Empty
/dev/hda5       4177+   8353    4177-  33551721    b  W95 FAT32
		start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
/dev/hda6       8354   13955    5602   44998065   83  Linux
		start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,0,1)


/dev/hda6 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /data type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)