Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:37:57 +0000 | From | Michael Lothian <> | Subject | Re: Catch 22 |
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Paulo Marques wrote:
> >> > > > I guess the problem is that, by default, Mandrake creates an extended > partition when installed, where all the other partitions go. > > Whenever I install Mandrake, I'm always careful to switch to "Expert" > mode and configure the partitions to be primary by hand to avoid this > kind of problems. > > If you are a corageous hacker, you can always: > > - boot from a CD distribution (knoppix, etc.) > - run fdisk on your hard drive > - take note on the cylinders being used by the partitions, > - delete the partitions on the extended partition, and the extended > partition itself > - create the partitions again as primary using the *exact* same > cylinders > - write the partition to disk > - reboot > > Probably you'll have to adjust fstab to use the new partitions, but at > least 2.4 and 2.6 should both agree that you have an hda :) > > I don't know if you'll need to run lilo again before rebooting, but I > would do that just to be on the safe side. To do that: > > - mount /dev/hda somewhere (/mnt/disk or something) > - # cd /mnt/disk > - edit etc/lilo.conf to always use /dev/hda > - # chroot . lilo > > I hope this helps, > I assumed it was because 2.6 was labeling the SATA controllers before the ATA ones but this is the least of my worries of 2.6. If everything else worked with 2.6 I wouldn't need to switch between the two.
My biggest woe is that despite having a very cool graphics card I can't play Warcraft III using WineX. (Which was the reason for my upgrade)
Mike
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