Re: how not to initialize HD

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On Sun August 1 2010, JB wrote:
> ... I mean wonders happen if you really try :-)))
I've BEEN trying, just took a while to get the RIGHT answer:)

>
> Btw, settle down with regular partitions layout first.
> Forget LVM for now, it may get you into trouble again ...
>
> Let us know about that 'cfdisk' FATAL ERROR too ...

now, with Fedora installed we have:
# cfdisk -Ps
Partition Table for /dev/sda

               First       Last
 # Type       Sector      Sector   Offset    Length   Filesystem Type (ID) 
Flag
-- ------- ----------- ----------- ------ ----------- -------------------- ----
 1 Primary           0    71682029     63    71682030 HPFS/NTFS (07)       
Boot
 3 Primary    71682030   100978904*     0    29296875*Linux (83)           
None
   None      100978905*  100980735*     0        1831*Unusable             
None
 2 Primary   100980736*  105076735*     0     4096000*Linux swap / So (82) 
None
 4 Primary   105076736*  192425983*     0    87349248*Extended (05)        
None
 5 Logical   105076736*  192425983*  2048#   87349248*Linux (83)           
None
   Logical   192425984*  192426569      0         586*Free Space           
None


# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 98.5 GB, 98522403840 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 11978 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa8a8a8a8

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        4462    35840983+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            6286        6541     2048000   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3            4463        6286    14648437+  83  Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda4            6541       11978    43674624    5  Extended
/dev/sda5            6541       11978    43673600   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 2055 MB, 2055019520 bytes
64 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 3968 * 512 = 2031616 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb0bcd68e

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1        1011     2005793    b  W95 FAT32



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Paul Cartwright
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