On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:28:09 -0600 Mike Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied:
Well, if you can't back it up to redo it, and you can't take it down to redo it either, you're stuck with bootdisks. That isn't the end of the world. As I said, I did it for a year or more. Just make sure you have 2 or more KNOWN GOOD disks available ready to boot so you can fall back on a second one if one fails. > See below... > > ABrady wrote: > > > > <SNIP> > > > and someone wanted the partition layout of hda... > > > > > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2220 cylinders > > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > > /dev/hda1 * 1 256 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > > > /dev/hda2 257 2219 15767797+ f Win95 Ext'd > > > (LBA)/dev/hda5 257 512 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > > > /dev/hda6 513 768 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > > > /dev/hda7 769 1024 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > > > /dev/hda8 1025 1280 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > > > /dev/hda9 1281 1536 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > > > /dev/hda10 1537 1792 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > > > /dev/hda11 1793 2048 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > > > /dev/hda12 2049 2219 1373526 6 FAT16 > > > > All of those plus signs (+) are potential problems. That means > > partitions aren't ending on the correct boundaries, and that > > confused both lilo and grub when I had it that way. > > > > Snip! > > > > > Is there an easier way? I couldn't find it if there is. How did it > > happen? In my case I let the installer autopartition the drives. I > > won't do it again. > > That's what happened. This drive was originally on an older box. I > used the vendor's setup disk and it autoformatted the drive into equal > partitions---notice they're FAT16 rather than FAT32. I've so much > stuff on there that changing the partitions is not really workable at > this time. A lot of it is work related so I can't have the box down > for any length of time. > > Mike W > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- I'm so hungry, I could almost eat health food. _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
