Robert Holtzman wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>       .............snip...............
>  
>>   Here are both hard drives according to fdisk:
>> Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>> Disk identifier: 0x00056ea5
>>
>>  Device Boot    Start      End    Blocks  Id System
>> /dev/sda1          1      974   7823623+ 83 Linux
>> /dev/sda2         975     1948   7823655  83 Linux
>> /dev/sda3        1949     2192   1959930  82 Linux swap / Solaris
>> /dev/sda4        2193     5599   27366727+  5 Extended
>> /dev/sda5        2193     4625   19543041  83 Linux
>> /dev/sda6        4626     5599   7823623+ 83 Linux
>>
>> and
>>
>> Disk /dev/hda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>> Disk identifier: 0x0009c343
>>
>>  Device Boot    Start      End    Blocks  Id System
>> /dev/hda1          1     1219   9791586  82 Linux swap / Solaris
>> /dev/hda2  *     1220     1360   1132582+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
>> /dev/hda3        1361     1970   4899825  83 Linux
>> /dev/hda4        1971     12556   85032045   5 Extended
>> /dev/hda5        1971     7071   40973751  83 Linux
>> /dev/hda6        7072     7085    112423+ 83 Linux
>> /dev/hda7        7086     8961   15068938+ 83 Linux
>> /dev/hda8        8962     10123   9333733+ 83 Linux
>> /dev/hda9       10124     12556   19543041  83 Linux
>>  
>
> A swap partition is marked as bootable? Educate me please.
>
>  
  I did not notice. You educate me because it is wrong :-)

And that problem has been understood and fixed.

Karl


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