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by **Frank the roo** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Hi, everybody

I'm presently trying to organize a particular partition order on a 20GB
hard drive (/dev/hdb). Here is what it looks like (fdisk output):

Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 1 7 56196 83 Linux native
/dev/hdb2 8 8 1027 8193150 5 Extended
/dev/hdb3 1024 1028 1792 6144862+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hdb4 1024 1793 1799 56227+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb5 8 8 772 6144831 b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hdb6 773 773 1027 2048256 b Win95 FAT32

Command (m for help): v
Warning: partition 3 overlaps partition 4.
Warning: partition 3 overlaps partition 6.
Warning: partition 4 overlaps partition 6.
11229619 unallocated sectors

I don't know how to force the partitions 3 and 4 to start at another
cylinder than 1024. Why that? Anyone has a solution?

Thank for sharing to knowledge.

Frank

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by **Leonard Even** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> Hi, everybody

> I'm presently trying to organize a particular partition order on a 20GB
> hard drive (/dev/hdb). Here is what it looks like (fdisk output):

> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdb1 1 1 7 56196 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb2 8 8 1027 8193150 5 Extended
> /dev/hdb3 1024 1028 1792 6144862+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb4 1024 1793 1799 56227+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hdb5 8 8 772 6144831 b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hdb6 773 773 1027 2048256 b Win95 FAT32

> Command (m for help): v
> Warning: partition 3 overlaps partition 4.
> Warning: partition 3 overlaps partition 6.
> Warning: partition 4 overlaps partition 6.
> 11229619 unallocated sectors

> I don't know how to force the partitions 3 and 4 to start at another
> cylinder than 1024. Why that? Anyone has a solution?

I'm not sure why what you are trying won't work, but I suggest
making your three primary partitions hdb1, hdb2, and hdb3. Then
make hdb4 your extended partitions and put hda5 and hda6 in it.
That is certainly the way I've always done it and the way I've
always seen it done. It is possible that there is some sort of
requirement that you do it that way.

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> Thank for sharing to knowledge.

> Frank

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by **Rafae** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

It is sure. If partition fished on 1028 , next must start from 1029. In
your situation it overlaps (what fdsik is saying).
If you have Dos partition (Fat32 or 16) you must create extended partition,
preferably using fdisk from linux, not from Dos.
You have to remove, and start from the begining, you messed to much.

Rafael

> Hi, everybody

> I'm presently trying to organize a particular partition order on a 20GB
> hard drive (/dev/hdb). Here is what it looks like (fdisk output):

> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdb1 1 1 7 56196 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb2 8 8 1027 8193150 5 Extended
> /dev/hdb3 1024 1028 1792 6144862+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb4 1024 1793 1799 56227+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hdb5 8 8 772 6144831 b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hdb6 773 773 1027 2048256 b Win95 FAT32

> Command (m for help): v
> Warning: partition 3 overlaps partition 4.
> Warning: partition 3 overlaps partition 6.
> Warning: partition 4 overlaps partition 6.
> 11229619 unallocated sectors

> I don't know how to force the partitions 3 and 4 to start at another
> cylinder than 1024. Why that? Anyone has a solution?

> Thank for sharing to knowledge.

> Frank

> --
> Ceux qui rvent le jour, savent des choses qu'ignorent ceux qui
> rvent la nuit.

by **Bjarne Nygaar** » Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:43:25

> Hi, everybody

> I'm presently trying to organize a particular partition order on a 20GB
> hard drive (/dev/hdb). Here is what it looks like (fdisk output):

> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdb1 1 1 7 56196 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb2 8 8 1027 8193150 5 Extended
> /dev/hdb3 1024 1028 1792 6144862+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb4 1024 1793 1799 56227+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hdb5 8 8 772 6144831 b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hdb6 773 773 1027 2048256 b Win95 FAT32

> Command (m for help): v
> Warning: partition 3 overlaps partition 4.
> Warning: partition 3 overlaps partition 6.
> Warning: partition 4 overlaps partition 6.
> 11229619 unallocated sectors

> I don't know how to force the partitions 3 and 4 to start at another
> cylinder than 1024. Why that? Anyone has a solution?

> Thank for sharing to knowledge.

> Frank

> --
> Ceux qui rvent le jour, savent des choses qu'ignorent ceux qui
> rvent la nuit.

You may have 4 primary partitions. Then if you want more partitions
you then have to do an extended partition. This is then declared as
the 4' primary.
The extended partion the has to fit the rest your harddisk if you want
to use it all. :)
In this extended partition you declare the rest of your logical
partitions.

That's it...

cu
Bjarne

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