Hello Experts,
Sorry for intruding, a super newbie, but the newbie list was no help
and nothing in the archives searching for "linux_extended_fix.pl".
I am hoping I gave enough information to get a fix to see my last
partition in Windows with Mandrake 4.72 installed on its on partition.
The script fails, but is PERL is obviously running it. *Please*, if
you can help, do reply in very plain speech because I barely know my
way around in Linux, but do like what I see so far. I have spent
some long, long hours trying to find a solution before coming to
you.
I copied the page text below from
http://63.209.80.231/en/heliumlast.php3
And the script below at the bottom of the post.
http://63.209.80.231/drakx/patches/linux_extended_fix.pl
use perl linux_extended_fix.pl on the command line as root
No problem with the above - I have the patch for "damage has already
been done" below in Solution. My D:\ is there and the same contents
as before Mandrake 4.72 was installed. It is my last partition that
is not showing up.
Error scenario:
After installation, the second windows partition (drive D:) is no
longer available
When:
During a non-expert installation, with a non-Linux first extended
partition (ie. hda5), diskdrake changes the extended partition
type to "linux extended" (ie. changes hda2 type to 0x85).
Why:
diskdrake tries to use a "linux extended" partition type instead
of a normal "extended" or "windows extended" partion type when
there are only linux extended partitions (which exist mainly to
please Windows). However, it does not take into account the first
extended partition on the drive.
Solution:
Use this patch to fix the problem during installation. If the
damage has already been done, the other solution is to use this
script which fixes the problem on a live system. To run the
patch, use perl linux_extended_fix.pl on the command line as
root.
These are my partitions now, but I am missing what use to be my I:\
drive in Windows. I can see it in Linux so I know it is there. One
of the partitions got in between the two CDs, but that is no big
deal. It was A,C-I and then two CDs. It was my Windows H:\Drive
that I split to put Linux on the partition that was the one before
the last before I installed Linux - full Mandrake 4.72 load.
A: Floppy Drive
C: Regular Drive
D: Regular Drive
E: Regular Drive
F: Regular Drive
G: Regular CD Drive
H: Regular Drive
I: CD-RW Drive
This is my Linux stuff:
[root@localhost /root]# /sbin/fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1247 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 166 1333363+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 167 1247 8683132+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 167 521 2851506 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda6 522 781 2088418+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 782 909 1028128+ 6 FAT16
/dev/hda8 1042 1119 626503+ 6 FAT16
/dev/hda9 1120 1247 1028128+ 6 FAT16
/dev/hda10 1030 1041 96358+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda11 910 1029 963868+ 83 Linux
This is the script. I get the "oups, this simple script fails" message:
#!/usr/bin/perl
my @l = `/sbin/fdisk -l 2>/dev/null| grep -i "Linux Extended"`;
@l > 1 and die "you have more than one Linux Extended partition, too complex for
me!\n";
my ($hd, $num) = $l[0] =~ m|(/dev/\w+)(\d)\s| or die "oups, this simple script
fails\n";
open F, "|/sbin/fdisk $hd >/dev/null";
print F
"t
$num
5
w
";
close F;
`/sbin/fdisk -l 2>/dev/null| grep -i "Linux Extended"` and die "it failed, sorry\n";
print "All should be ok now!\n";
Thanks!
Jody
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