Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Logical partitions created with DOS > fdisk are completely unusable by Linux, and often will result in cfdisk > reporting a broke partition table.
In general, it is wise to assume human error or misunderstanding when problems with partition tables appear. I've _always_ used DOS fdisk to create _all_ of my partitions [*], and have never encountered any problems. This includes many extended partitions, that were perfectly visible by Linux. Personally, I'd sooner distrust cfdisk than DOS fdisk anyway. > I have had reports from others who > have thought they were "getting ahead of the game" by creating their > partitions in DOS before beginning the Debian install, and were disturbed > to find that Debian didn't think there were any partitions available, or > worse yet that their partition table was broken. I've done that many times, and never had any problem. I'd like to see a partition table, created with DOS fdisk, with these 'problems'. Gertjan. [*] Since DOS fdisk has severely limited capabilities, I used to have it create a DOS partition, and then change (with a disk editor) the type to whatever I wanted it to be. -- Gertjan Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Boot Control home page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gklein/bcpage.html -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .