On Sat July 31 2010, JB wrote: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 4462 35840983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda3 4718 12162 59793409 5 Extended > Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. > /dev/sda5 4718 5961 9989120 83 Linux > /dev/sda6 5962 8094 17133291 83 Linux > /dev/sda7 11919 12162 1951744 82 Linux swap / > Solaris /dev/sda8 8095 11918 30716248+ c W95 FAT32 > (LBA) > > To answer your question - do not attempt to delete sda3 (extended > partition), fdisk would remove everyting that is included in it (sda3 thru > sda8). > > I see that the removal of sda2 did not solve our problems; it even > complains > > about partition 2, which does not exist now: > > # cfdisk -Ps > > FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 2: Partition ends in the final partial > > cylinder > > We will try to solve the second thing that may be the problem, that is > the out-of-order sda7 and sda8 within sda3 extended partition. > > Before doing that please save your sda8 (W95 FAT32) data somewhere (Win XP, > CD-RW, CD-R, external disk, ...). It will be destroyed later on. > > Let me know when you have done it so we can go ahead with remaining stuff. already deleted sda8.. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 http://usdebtclock.org/ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
