No, of course not. fdisk only reports that they are linux partitions. Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-190782.210 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 40962.612 primary ntfs boot, type=07 2 40962.612 43017.802 primary linux-swap type=82 3 43017.803 73735.839 primary reiserfs type=83 4 73735.840 190764.030 extended lba, type=0f 5 73735.871 94217.146 logical reiserfs type=83 6 94217.177 135179.758 logical reiserfs type=83 7 135179.789 190764.030 logical fat32 lba, type=0c Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. Disk geometry for /dev/sdb: 0.000-239372.437 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 2055.190 primary linux-swap type=82 2 2055.190 43017.802 primary ext3 boot, type=83 3 43017.803 239351.242 extended lba, type=0f Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 5222 41945683+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 5223 5484 2104515 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 5485 9400 31455270 83 Linux /dev/sda4 9401 24319 119836867+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 9401 12011 20972826 83 Linux /dev/sda6 12012 17233 41945683+ 83 Linux /dev/sda7 17234 24319 56918263+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Disk /dev/sdb: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 262 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb2 * 263 5484 41945715 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 5485 30513 201045442+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) Michael Schwendt wrote: On Mon, 16 May 2005 23:03:49 -0400, Bob Ewart wrote:I have a multi-boot system with reiserfs partitions on sda3,5 and 6. Fedora is installed on sdb2. When I try to boot it fails saying that fsck.ext3 fails on /dev/sda6. This happens whether or not /dev/sda6 is in fstab."parted /dev/sda print" _and_ "fdisk -l /dev/sda" both list the partition as reiserfs? -- -- Bob If you live to the age of a hundred you have it made because very few people die past the age of a hundred. -- George Burns |