Hi, I had the same problem before. cfdisk does have some problems. you might want to install debian without swap and then create/configure swap manually. I installed win2k/freebsd 4.2/debian-kernel-2.4 in my own machine successfully.
Dehui --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello Carel, > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id > System > /dev/hda1 * 1 382 3068383+ b > Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda3 702 1020 2562367+ a5 > BSD/386 > /dev/hda4 1021 4437 27447052+ 5 > Extended > /dev/hda5 1021 1275 2048256 6 > FAT16 > /dev/hda6 1276 1785 4096543+ b > Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda7 1786 2231 3582463+ b > Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda8 2232 2613 3068383+ b > Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda9 2614 2630 136521 82 > Linux swap > /dev/hda10 2631 2995 2931831 83 > Linux > /dev/hda11 2996 3314 2562336 83 > Linux > /dev/hda12 3315 3557 1951866 83 > Linux > /dev/hda13 3558 3876 2562336 83 > Linux > /dev/hda14 3877 4194 2554303+ 83 > Linux > /dev/hda15 4195 4437 1951866 83 > Linux > > I mean debian *installing* program mistake my > partiotion table. > When I install debian from scratch,debian installing > program will > mistake /dev/hda9 for /dev/hda14(maybe /dev/hda15,i > dont remember > clearly) > mistake /dev/hda10 for /dev/hda15 > /dev/hda11 for /dev/hda16 > ......... > If I delete freebsd partition,/dev/hda3,this mistake > disappear. > freebsd has it's partition,/dev/hda3=wd0s2,it's a > primary partiotion > absolutly. > In /dev/hda3,or wd0s2, > wd0s2a /root > wd0s2b /swap > wd0s2e /usr > wd0s2f /var > I suspect debian's installing program mistake > wd0s2a,wd0s2b...as > extended partion. > In fact they are all freebsd's own partition. > Sunday, May 06, 2001, 2:16:22 AM, you wrote: > > CF> I'm no partition guru, but... > > CF> On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 09:16:59PM +0800, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> hi, > >> I cannot reinstall debian because debian > cann't recognize my > >> partitions correctly. > > CF> I doubt this, it recognizes them allright, but > differently from what > CF> you expected:) > > >> I have installed freebsd in /dev/hda2 > >> (including its own partition > wd0s1a,dawd0s1b,wd0s1e,wd0s1f). > > CF> What do you mean `incl its *own* part.'? > bsd-partitions are partitions > CF> too:) I guess that hda2 is an extended > partition, that is a partition > CF> containing sub partitions. If so I would expect > linux to count those > CF> partitions as well. Or is hda2 a bsd specific > extended partition that > CF> linux doesn't how to interpreted, like the > linux-extended partition > CF> fully hides its content to Microsoft products? > I guess not. > > CF> To frase it differently: there are 4 primary > partitions, each of which > CF> can be an extended partition and each extended > partition can hold at > CF> most one real partition and one extended > partition. The primary > CF> partitions are always numbered 1 to 4. The real > partitions found in > CF> those extended partitions are numbered from 5 up > as long as the OS > CF> knows how to deal with those extended > partitions. One very often > CF> talks about logical partitions when refering to > the real partitions > CF> in extended partitions. > > > CF> So in your case: > CF> /dev/hda2: extended partition, can't hold a file > system > CF> /dev/hda5: same as wd0s1a (I guess, as I don't > know bsd's part. naming scheme) > CF> /dev/hda6: same as wd0s1b > CF> /dev/hda7: same as wd0s1e (where are c and d?) > CF> /dev/hda8: same as wd0s1f > > CF> which would put your next linux partition at: > CF> /dev/hda3: second extended primary partition. > CF> I guess you've used more then one > extended (primary) partition > CF> which holds the next real partiton... > CF> /dev/hda9: ...your linux partition > > >> If I plan to install debain in /dev/hda5,the > installing program > >> will mistake /dev/hda5 for /dev/hda8 > > CF> strange, I would expect /dev/hda9. > > CF> For better help, post your partition table, i.e. > the output of: > > CF> # fdisk -l /dev/hda > CF> # cfdisk -Pt /dev/hda > > > > > -- > Best regards, > fg > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
