On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 14:21 -0600, L. V. Lammert wrote:
At 08:59 PM 1/6/2009 +0100, you wrote:
On Tuesday, 2009-01-06 at 12:39 -0600, L. V. Lammert wrote: Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2 3917 31455270 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Woahh! :-O
That is strange indeed. An extended (container) partition as bootable. Right now, I wouldn't know how to handle that. I simply do not know.
The REALLY STRANGE part is that the installation went just fine! I have been trying to get the mouse working for a couple of weeks, .. rebooting MANY times with no problem at all.
/dev/sda2 3918 11749 62910540 83 Linux /dev/sda3 11750 15012 26210047+ 83 Linux /dev/sda5 2 392 3140676 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 393 3655 26210016 83 Linux /dev/sda7 3656 3917 2104483+ 83 Linux
Notice that you have about half of the disk unused (15013..30401), and due to the strange positioning of sda2 and sda3, it has to go to sda4, all of it.
Yep, .. eventually that will be a separate partitions for VMs.
Now, if 'Repair System' would only work (it's 15 minutes & counting since I had to reboot).
TFTR!
Lee Lee,
I wonder where all those changes occur. Partition Magic in my opinion is a no no. It is a windows program. I used it quite a lot because started as an OS/2 program then I start to get corruption of the partition etc. I used it one time in linux and the same thing. I wonder if some of those changes were introduced by PM. Do not spend any more time and reinstall. If you want some suggestion just write what you plan to do and we can tell you how to do it (for sure you will get as many ways to do it as replies you get:-)) Basically for linux I have /boot ext2 / ext3 /home ext3 If you plan to run other OS you have 3 choices: 1. multiboot 2. use VM under linux host. This is what I use under VMware. 3. If you only need windows applications running, Crossover can be the solution. Crossover does not run all windows applications. It runs MS Office very very well. These choices are important because it will allow you to plan your partitions. LVM can be a good choice also. It all depends of what you want to do. -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org