Hi Benno, 2005/7/15, Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Robert, > > > /dev/hda5 2212 79717 39063024 83 Linux > > /dev/hda6 131 2211 1048792+ 82 Linux > > swap / Solaris > > > > > > cfdisk doesn't even start but stops with the following message: > > > > FATAL ERROR: Bad logical partition 6: enlarged logical partitions > > overlap Press any key to exit cfdisk > > Have you tried using parted on this disk? I'm quite curious as to > what it will say about these out-of-order partitions, and the > unusual boundaries. (Be careful though with executing other > commands than print, as they act immediately.)
I tried parted, but it doesn't report any errors: (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/hda: 0.000-57231.562 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 63.984 primary ext2 2 63.984 39235.710 extended 6 64.015 1088.226 logical linux-swap 5 1088.227 39235.710 logical reiserfs 3 39235.711 47230.158 primary boot 4 47231.789 57231.070 primary fat32 lba > Benno Robert. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list