Darn.. I thought we all LOVED to reinstall our mandrake.. I have a notebook
that I do regularly just for mental hygiene
BAFG
Charley
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Subject: Re: [expert] ld.so problems
On 31 May, Charles Curley wrote:
> -> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> -> /dev/hda1 1 277 2094088+ 6 FAT16
> -> /dev/hda2 278 556 2109240 5 Extended
> -> /dev/hda3 * 557 563 52920 83 Linux
> -> /dev/hda4 564 1268 5329800 83 Linux
> -> /dev/hda5 278 556 2109208+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
> ->
>
> Other, your partition table is royally clobbered.
>
Kinda figgered that...
> hda1-4 should be either primary or extended partitions. Logical partitions
> should be hda5 and up. Notice the cylinders of hda5: it occupies the same
> space on the drive as hda2. You have a primary partition, hda1, and two
> extended partitions that overlap, then two more primary partitions. One of
> the extended partitions is not numbered correctly and should not even
> exist.
>
Hmmm... I don't understand. Only the 2nd partition is supposed to be
extended. That's an NT (or FAT?) partition. It was created (or at least
modified) with Partition Magic.
> You should immediately abandon and never use again whatever program you
> used to partition this drive.
>
The first two partitions were created with PM and 3-5 were (suposed to be)
created by the Mandrake install process. So you're saying I should... No, I
don't think you are. :-) I have to think about what I'm gonna do about this.
> Here is what I have on a similar hard drive:
>
<snip>
> Check the cylinders for the various partitions and you will see that the
> logical partitions hda5-hda9 all fit within the extended partition hda2,
> which is as it should be. I partitioned this drive manually with Linux'
> fdisk, and it enforces the partition numbers for logical and extended and
> primary partitions.
>
Hmmm... indeed. Hmmm...
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 1 277 2094088+ 6 FAT16
> /dev/hda2 278 1268 ??????? 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 * 557 563 52920 82 Linux native
> /dev/hda6 564 ??? size to suit 83 Linux swap
> /dev/hda7 ??? 1268 ?????? 82 Linux native
>
> You could probably make hda5 smaller; I usually use about 16 MB for my
> /boot partitions.
>
> Then you get to re-install Linux.
>
Well, reinstalling isn't a problem. It's reconfiguring that's a b*tch.
> Ideally, do a total backup before you do this so you can restore
> afterwards. Short of that, back up /home, /root and /etc, so you can
> restore those when you are done, and have most of your setup.
>
That's probably what I'll have to do. I'll maybe reinstall the whole thing
over the weekend. *Sigh*.
Thanks,
L
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