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.
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> 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+ 98169817- 788550217 HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/hda2 9817 194569640 77433300f 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 00 Empty
> /dev/hda4 0 - 0 00 Empty
> /dev/hda5 9817+ 9943 127- 10200967 HPFS/NTFS
> start: (c,h,s) expected (1023,254,63) found (1023,1,1)
> /dev/hda6 9944+ 186918748- 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
>
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