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 -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines