> Greetings, > > Here's the problem: I have a triple boot system on this laptop - Win XP > Pro, Fedora Core 2, and Sun's Java Desktop System (SuSE based). Here's > the output of the fdisk -l command: > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 1 3335 26785048+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > Windows XP, NTFS > /dev/hda2 3335 4864 12285000 f W95 Ext'd > (LBA) Extended, containing hda5,6,7,8 > /dev/hda5 3335 4100 6146248+ 83 Linux > Fedora Core 2 / ext3 > /dev/hda6 4100 4228 1028128+ 82 Linux swap > Fedora Core 2 swap > /dev/hda7 * 4228 4789 4505728+ 83 Linux > Sun JDS / reiserfs > /dev/hda8 4789 4864 604768+ 82 Linux swap > Sun JDS swap > > > Al the partitions except the NTFS one were created in Partition Magic. > I was trying to use Partition Magic to decrease the size of the NTFS > partition, then increase the size of the extended partition and use the > freed up space for an additional Linux partition. But when I start > Partition Magic (it hasn't been run since the 2 Linux systems were > installed) it spits out a bunch of complaints about the partition table. > It offers to fix them but I'm afraid that would do something bad to the > Linux systems. > > What could the Linux install programs have done to the partition table > that offends Partition Magic? Is this PM 8.0? Have you ever downloaded the update to 8.0.1? That *may* help, as I had a similar issue with 8.0 but since upgrading to 8.0.1 haven't had any problems. Another thing I remember is not being able to resize the XP NTFS partition. You might want to proceed with caution with the main NTFS partition that has XP on it. HTH. - - s r b - - fedora core 2, kernel 2.6.6, amd 2500+, ocz ddr400-512, asus a7n8x-x, msi fx5200-128.
