Nebu John Mathai wrote: > Thanks for the scripts!
No problem. > The problem turned out to be when WinNT partitioned its part of the > drive, it messed up an adjacent primary partition. > > I have one more problem ... cfdisk reads the wrong disk geometry (ie, the > C/H/S are wrong for my drive). Perhaps this is why the partitioning > conflicted between cfdisk and NT? Sounds like a possibility. I'm no expert in this area though. > I'm just a bit scared of changing the geometry because cfdisk says that > only people who know what they're doing should do it. I plan to just > replace cfdisk's number with the numbers on my drive manual. Does this > seem alright? I can only offer my own inclination but I would say it's definitely kosher to change the geometry to what's in the drive manual. Then again, who knows if that might make the NT partition unusable. > Finally, is there a FAQ anywhere that discusses the whole idea of > partitions (primary vs extended), disk geometries, and MBR? I'm obviously > ignorant. Take a look at /usr/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz. -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
