Hi You should install new kernel 2.4.22, and set first partition as swap(size 1.5GB). Without swap as first partition, linux will not boot on big harddisks.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Package: cdrom > Version: Debian 3.0 r0 i3 > > I recently buyed a AMD Athon based computer with Windows XP preinstalled > > During installation, Fdisk is not capable of reading the partition table > of my 160 GB ide disk > Installation fails as it is not possible to create partitions to install > Linux. > > I do not want to erase the 75.20 Go primary partition which contains the > Win XP installation (pre-installed, > only the recovery CD is available, imoortant features for me not yet > supported by linux drivers,e.g. > video capture support for nVidia GEforce Fx chip). > > When starting Win XP, partitions are reported as follows : > primary C: 75.20 Go > extended > logical disk D: 996 Mo > LD L: 67.01 Go > LD E: 5.86 Go > > When booting the Debian install disk , the cfdisk says : > FATAL ERROR : Bad primary partition 1 : Partition ends after end-of-disk > Press any key to exit cfdisk > > I escaped to the shell, mounted a floppy with sfdisk and > obtained : > > > Disk /dev/hda: 16709 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track > Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 > > Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 0+ 9816 9817- 78855021 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda2 9817 19456 9640 77433300 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1022,0,1) > end: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1022,254,63) > /dev/hda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty > /dev/hda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty > /dev/hda5 9817+ 9943 127- 1020096 7 HPFS/NTFS > start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1) > /dev/hda6 9944+ 18691 8748- 70268278+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1) > > I succesfully installed a year ago that Distribution on a Pentium II > laptop. > > What can be done so that the the linux fdisk and Win XP are consistent and > partitioning is safe ? > > > Thank you in advance for your help > > Alain ROOS > > mail : alain dot roos at degussa dot com > > > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
