[--- On Fri, Apr 19 2002 03:18 -0700, ashutosh srivastava wrote this ---]

> Dear Sir,
> 
> I have a 40 GB HDD with following partitions :
> 
> PRIMARY
> /dev/hda1 - 24 MB - XOSL dedicated
> /dev/hda2 - 02 GB - Windows NT Worksataion 4.0
> /dev/hda3 - 03 GB - Windows 98 SE
> 
> EXTENDED LOGICAL
> /dev/hda5 - 04 GB - Shared Data FAT
> /dev/hda6 -  14 GB - Shared Data FAT32
> /dev/hda7 - 500 MB - Linux Swap
> /dev/hda8 - 10 GB - Red Hat 7.1 Linux Native
> 
> I am multi booting NT,98,Linux from XOSL.
> 
> When I created 1 GB partition out of /dev/hda6 and
> installed BeOS I can multi boot NT,98,BeOS. Linux
> boots but gives the message "Kernel Panic:VFS:Unable
> to mount root fs on 03:08".
> 
> However if I delete BeOS (or any partition before
> Linux, for that matter) from MBR by Ranish Partion
> then I am able to boot LInux without any problem.
> 
> It appears to me that inserting new partition before
> existing Linux partition is creating problem. I even
> tried to edit /etc/fstab but nothing happened.
> 
[--- That's all ashutosh srivastava wrote on Fri, Apr 19 2002 03:18 -0700 ---]

I might not be right but in extended partition, don't the logical partitions
keep the information about the the next logical partitions...

Is there a chance that information about /dev/hda7 is lost due to /dev/hda6
tampering...

-- 
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