partitions

[Robert Meyer]

--- Mark Robson <markrobson at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here it is:
> 
> [root at localhost root]# fdisk -l
> 
> Disk /dev/hdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1048 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id 
> System
> /dev/hdc2   *         2      1048   8410027+   f 
> Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hdc5             2       129   1028128+   b 
> Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hdc6           130      1048   7381836    b 
> Win95 FAT32

Well, here is your problem!  You want to mount /dev/hdc5 and /dev/hdc6. 
/dev/hdc2 is and extended partition that contains hdc5 and hdc6.  Try that and
I'll bet it will work fine...


> 
> Disk /dev/hdd: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1313 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id 
> System
> /dev/hdd1   *         1        13    104391   83 
> Linux
> /dev/hdd2            14       751   5927985   83 
> Linux
> /dev/hdd3           752       848    779152+  82 
> Linux swap
> /dev/hdd4           849      1313   3735112+   f 
> Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hdd5           849       913    522081   83 
> Linux
> /dev/hdd6           914      1183   2168743+  83 
> Linux
> /dev/hdd7          1184      1313   1044193+  83 
> Linux
> 

This one, too.  /dev/hdd4 is the extended partition that contains hdd5, hdd6
and hdd7.

> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 9729 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id 
> System
> /dev/hda1   *         1      4978  39985753+   c 
> Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
> /dev/hda2          4979      8207  25936942+   f 
> Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5          4979      8207  25936911    b 
> Win95 FAT32

Same, here.  hda2 is an extended partition containing only hda5.

Don't use the extended partitions, use the partitions that are contained
within.

Cheers!

Bob

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