[root@saqqara thoth]# rpm -q -f /sbin/fdisk
util-linux-2.9-0
[root@saqqara thoth]# fdisk -v
fdisk v2.9
[root@saqqara thoth]# uname -a
Linux saqqara.purplefrog.com 2.2.1 #1 Sat Feb 20 14:59:55 EST 1999 i586 unknown
... extract from dmesg ...
hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 < hda5 hda6 hda7 > hda4
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3
hda3 is a Win94 Extended partition containing an 11+G FAT32
partition (hda5), and a 128M partition that eventually I will use for
swap (hda6). I say "eventually" because right now fdisk can't figure
out what the hell is going on. hda3, 5, and 6 were created with Win95
fdisk. hda7 is a hallucination of the 2.2.1 kernel. Here's what
fdisk says:
[root@saqqara thoth]# fdisk -l
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 6
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 6
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 6
Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 26197 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 21 10552+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda2 * 22 1037 512064 e Win95 FAT16 (LBA)
/dev/hda3 1039 24674 11912544 f Win95 Extended (LBA)
/dev/hda4 24675 26197 767592 83 Linux native
/dev/hda5 1039 24414 11781472+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 ? 549980 1657257558067695+ bf Unknown
/dev/hda6 is clearly WRONG!
Do I need a more recent version of fdisk? Is the kernel busted?
Give me a URL that I can read to solve it myself. If it's a
misfeature of linux or fdisk I'm willing to provide extracts from my
hard drive to anyone manly enough to address this problem.
I am not a subscriber of linux-kernel.
--
Bob Forsman thoth@gainesville.fl.us
http://www.gainesville.fl.us/~thoth/
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