Re: fc6 / windows xp dual-boot system

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On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Jim Cornette wrote:

Don Raikes wrote:
Ok, the fdisk -l /dev/sda shows:


Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *         711       17538   135170910    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2               1         710     5703043+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sda3           17539       29649    97281607+  83  Linux
/dev/sda4           29650       30401     6040440    5  Extended
/dev/sda5 29650 30388 5935986 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

I agree with the comment from Scott below. The starting partition is /dev/sda2 (1 through 710) but for some reason fdisk wants to call the (711 through 17538) /dev/sda1.

This output at least is easier for me than the Partition magic which I never used before.

I haven't been following this thread, so I don't know what the OP's issue was, but...

It used to be the case that Windows didn't much like partition tables where the numebring wasn't in order from cylinder 1 to the end. No Windows partitioning tool that I know of would create a partition table like this.

You can fix the order with fdisk commands 'x' then 'f' then 'w'. If you do, you may need to fix grub.conf, fstab, lvm, and/or reinstall grub. If Windows was originally on the disk, I have no idea what might have already broken or what might break if it was working and you fix the partition table.


Jim



If I read this correctly your boot(windows partition) is hda1 which grub
calls hd0,0 in your grub.conf you are telling grub to boot hd0,1 (which
is the #2 partition (hda2 in fdisk language) make the rootnoverify line
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
and you should be o.k.

Scott




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