Jeff Ratliff wrote: >> I have a 240GB disk. >> The first partition on this is a 60GB NTFS partition. > > I'm assuming this partition was created by Windows? This would be > /dev/hda1, correct? >> The second partition is a 4GB "Win 95 Extended" partition, > This is /dev/hda2? How did you create this partition? I didn't create either partition. I purchased the computer (a "Targa" ADM Athlon64 machine) at Lidl last Tuesday, already partitioned. It was an incredible bargain, and works perfectly under Windows-XP and Fedora-2 (particularly with an Athlon64-compiled kernel). >> The "automatic" option failed, > What do you mean by "failed"? An error message would help. As I recall, it simply said it could not create partitions automatically. I don't think it gave any reason. However, I didn't take careful note, as I had already decided I would create the partitions with fdisk. In fact, I usually create partitions before installing operating systems. I imagine that is the normal preference of old-timers like me. (I don't mind using DiskDruid to define the mounting points.) But I don't want to make a great issue of it. I'm just genuinely puzzled why "our masters" are so enamoured of DiskDruid. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
