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Ragnar78
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 Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:51 pm Post subject: Problem mounting boot on Extended partition |
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Hy,
I have hda1 and hda2 as primary partitions used for windows,
I created hda3 as an extended partition with the rest of the disk space available,
I set hda5 as boot, hda6 as swap and formated hda7 as efs3.
I mounted hda7 as instructed in the manual, and i created a directory to mount the boot on it (hda5) but it keeps on telling me it's swap...i cannot mount it
What should i do?
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Ragnar78,
Doand check the partition types.
Also check that your made the filesystem you intended to on /dev/hda5. You can do that again without losing anything if you have just started the install.
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Ragnar78
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oh...i have to make filesystem for each partition...i forgot this part and only did it for the hda7...probably this is why its not mounting....
Do i have to make a filesystem for the swap?
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cyrillic
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Ragnar78 wrote: | | Do i have to make a filesystem for the swap? |
Yes, do it like this.
Then, instead of mounting this partition, you just "turn it on".
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Ragnar78
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| Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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I did this stage....
As for the filesystem concerning the boot, it's efs 2
I'm trying to gather as much information, i'm running XP now to be able to connect to the net and then reboot my pc with the live CD
I can give you more info concerning the partitioning,,,i have partition magic 8 installed on XP
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