On 2010/09/24 13:26 (GMT-0400) dwgallien composed:
If I understood correctly, you used a different OS to create the partitions? As a general rule, it is advised to create partitions with the OS which will live on that partition.
That general rule contradicts the general rule Stan has been given for more than a decade:
Do all partitioning in advance of installation of anything, preferably using a cross-platform partitioning tool, and when subsequent partitioning is called for, always use the same tool or a later version thereof.
That's what I recommend, and what I believe Stan, as a former OS/2 user, usually does. You can learn about the tool we use on http://www.dfsee.com/ . It works identically whether booted to DOS, Windows, Linux, OS/2 or, subject to some limitations, Mac.
Limiting partitioning to a single competent tool all but eliminates the possibility for the conflicts in partition tables that does occasionally occur in the real world, as table entry standards are rather loose. Partitioning in advance with a single tool means familiarity and fewer mistakes, and getting what you want instead of the surprises that unfamiliarity often brings.
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/gx270L01.txt as referred to in my last thread post, and asked him to provide, was made by that same tool, and provides the info from fdisk -l that you asked for, and more.
I agree entirely re partitioning in advance. Re which tool, there is conflicting advice on that. For example, the fdisk and cfdisk man pages advise that "you should always use an OS-specific partition table program." I recall seeing the same admonition in kernel documentation re disk geometry calcuations and table handling. I've seen this to be an issue quite a few times when mixing Windows and Linux (I have no experience with OS/2). Consequenlty for a long while I used Partition Magic, precisely for the reasons you state - that is, until I had it break the table twice. In any event, if you all have a cross-platform tool that you are confident is reliable, then that's what's important. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org