Partition does not end on cylinder boundary.

[lbrtchx]

Hi,
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I am trying to use Linux fdisk to prepare a disk to install Windows
98 afterwards
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I need to set the following partitions
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1.) primary ntfs (Windows XP)
2.) primary vfat (Windows 98)
3.) primary vfat (Windows Applications)
// - - - - - - -
4.) extended
5.) logical vfat (Data)
6.) logical ext3 (backup, maintenance ...)
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After setting up my partitions using fdisk and using mkfs for each fs
type when I try to install Windows it is telling disk (partition) so
and so hasn't been formatted and then that it is corrupted and it
would abbort the installation ...
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Then I found a very verbose fdisk dump
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root@Knoppix:~# fdisk /dev/hda
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The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 116301.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 116301 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 ? 1920663 3757825 925929529+ 68 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda2 ? 1319628 1854326 269488144 79 Unknown
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda3 ? 534712 1921977 699181456 53 OnTrack DM6
Aux3
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hda4 ? 1383560 1383581 10668+ 49 Unknown
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Command (m for help): v
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Partition 1: head 102 greater than maximum 16
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Partition 3: head 78 greater than maximum 16
Warning: partition 1 overlaps partition 3.
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
Partition 4: head 79 greater than maximum 16
Warning: partition 2 overlaps partition 4.
Warning: partition 3 overlaps partition 4.
Total allocated sectors -507114401 greater than the maximum 117231408

Command (m for help): q

root@Knoppix:~#
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How could you achieve the intended fs layout?
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Thanks
lbrtchx

See: comp.os.linux.setup: "Fedora and XP on 1 Disk", "Dual boot
question"

 

[Guest]

FDisk is from microsoft...All that junk on 1 hd,why not purchase another to
simplify it all.As for hd disk space problems,read kb814594

 

[lbrtchx]

FDisk is from microsoft...
You say ...
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All that junk on 1 hd

Well, I need that "junk". I code java and I need to test my code in
different kinds of "junk"
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As for hd disk space problems,read kb814594

thank you