-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> Hello People, > > Following is my concern, > > - ------------------- > laptop:~# fdisk -l /dev/hda > > Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 1 18 144553+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda2 * 19 444 3421845 b W95 FAT32 > /dev/hda3 445 3648 25736130 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 445 507 506016 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda6 508 1966 11719386 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 2514 3648 9116856 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 2159 2513 2851506 83 Linux > /dev/hda9 1967 2158 1542208+ 82 Linux swap > > Partition table entries are not in disk order > laptop:~# > - -------------------- > > Is this something to worry about? I just modified my partition table using > parted to make a new swap partition. Previously / was /dev/hda8 and now > it's /dev/hda7. Everything is working fine for me. > > Just the message, "Partition table entries are not in disk order". > Is it something to worry about? Will it slowly damage my disk? Thanks Ajay. So here I am with being able to solve the problem. Following is the procedure: fdisk /dev/hda x - Enter to expert mode f - Fix the partition order. w - Commit changes. Modify the /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/menu.lst files accordingly. I'm done and everything is shown perfect. Now my questions, I did all this to solve the occasional hibernation problem that I faced which I suspected to be because of less swap space (My physical RAM is 768 and my swap was 512). How many read/write heads does an IDE disk have (Eg a 30GB IDE Disk) ? Does having multiple swaps on one single disk enhance/degrade the performance ? Should I merge the two swaps to one single swap ? TIA, rrs - -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com Gnupg Key ID: 04F130BC "Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is research". -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCPccX4Rhi6gTxMLwRAm4wAKCQTfABmQqqXVgmyZ732+dJMFJvfwCfYkpu LS83byDSTW8eIhM1cL7lMQM= =2k1B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/