Re: [LI] PC Quest -> Linux 6.1 etc

["Pankaj" <meetpankaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi,

I had a similar problem a few times earlier. It seems, when you run Explorer
on
Windows, it tries to look for the same partition information it had before a
repartition.
If it does not find one, it hangs. In my case, I thought it better to
reinstall Windows.
I hope that is feasible for you. :-) So, I feel it is the best to
repartition all the drives
Windows is supposed to see using Windows fdisk (although it is known to be
buggy
while deleting logical drives). And then add the Linux partitions in the
free space
using Linux fdisk. I hope this is the correct pointer.

By the way, I tried to install Linux 5.2 at one of my friends place. He has
one primary
partition and one extended partition with 3 logical ones. Each is 1 GB. When
I run
disk druid during the installation, it shows me only hda1 and hda2 (with
unknown type
0x0f) while fdisk shows me all the primary, extended and 3 logical
partitioms.
disk druid with RH Linux 6.1 seems to work fine. A possible bug with earlier
disk druid.

Also disk druid and fdisk seem to have problems with > 8GB HDD's where the
Linux
native partition first cylinder is beyond 8 GB. Is this a known issue and
has it been fixed
in RH Linux 6.1 ?

- pankaj

----- Original Message -----
From: Aditya Deshpande <aditya.deshpande@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Linux India <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linux Mumbai <linuxers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 10:48 AM
Subject: [LI] PC Quest -> Linux 6.1 etc


> Hi,
>     I got the Linux from PCQ running smoothly with 800x600 16 bit
> resolution. running Gnome.
> Here are a few of the reactions
> "Wow so many games"
> "What a beautiful interface"
> "It's so fast"
> :)
>
> Now for the problem.
>     I purchased a new disk of 4.3 GB and made it master. I made my
previous
> 2.1 GB hard disk slave which had windows running on it, with 2 partitions
on
> it.
>     I partitioned 4.3 GB into two 1.2 GB partitions and one 2.1 GB
partition
> for linux and loaded windows on one and formatted the other to windows
> partition. I loaded linux next and it was running beautifully. However
when
> i booted into windows using LILO and started windows explorer or clicked
on
> the my computer icon, they would just hang. probably because it was not
able
> to recognize the partions.
>     So i ran Fdisk from Linux 5.2 CD and made both partitions of 4.3 GB
hard
> disk as DOS 16 bit.
>     i booted through dos floppy which recognizes my cd rom and tried to
run
> fdisk or format both of which responded that unable to recognize c:
>
> Here are a few things that might help:
>
> it listed following before fiasco:
> my 4.3 GB partioins as
> hda1               WinFAT32
> hda2               Extended
> hda5               linux Native
> hda6               linux swap
>
> by the way to run linux usin PCQ SiS 6215 config i used XF86Setup and not
> Xconfigurator and it worked like a charm. Remember not to probe for Video
> Ram.
>
> I am working on the problem. However if someone has a solution in the
> meanwhile please let me know.
>
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