by hi,
i find that cfdisk (curses based fdisk on Linux) is much better
than Linux fdisk. (.... might be there is some bug in Linux fdisk.
just guessing..)
my problem was like this. i had 3 primary partitions and one
extended partition with 2logicals on it) i wanted use one of
the logical partions for Linux. but i could not either change
the partition ID, nor could mount the logical partition.
while the fdisk shows the partion ID as 5 (extended) correctly,
when i try to see the logical partition, it says, i have to
deleted a partition and add a new extended partion. even the
xpert option was not showing the logical partions. i posted
requests on the net for help, but i did not get.
i then tried cfdisk. and i am done in one moment. now i could
add the partion to Linux, and mount the file system by a coupld
of entries in fstab, mtab.
just thought it might be useful for some of you.
gopal
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G.Sree Ramana Gopal
Ph.D.Student, Civil Engg, UofT
682 Shaw Street Toronto, M6G 3L7