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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008226.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008226.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..51391208b --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-discuss/2012-July/008226.html @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-discuss] partitioning bug + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20partitioning%20bug&In-Reply-To=%3C0ug5d9-7hj.ln1%40psd.motzarella.org%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="008203.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="008144.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-discuss] partitioning bug</H1> + <B>blind Pete</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-discuss%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-discuss%5D%20partitioning%20bug&In-Reply-To=%3C0ug5d9-7hj.ln1%40psd.motzarella.org%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] partitioning bug">0123peter at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Fri Jul 13 14:29:19 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008203.html">[Mageia-discuss] partitioning bug +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008144.html">[Mageia-discuss] partitioning bug +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8226">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8226">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8226">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8226">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>andre999 wrote: + +><i> andre999 a écrit : +</I>><i> +</I>><i> correction : +</I>>><i> It might be because you had your "extended" partition at the beginning +</I>>><i> of the disk, and MBR disk partitions are numbered with the "primary" +</I>>><i> partions 1-4 and "extended" 5+. +</I> +The Ubuntu installer thinks that there should be a reserved BIOS +boot area of at least 1 MB for Grub. Not that that should be +necessary if Grub is going into a root partition. + +>><i> Gdisk would normally number in disk order, but I'm not sure because I +</I>>><i> have always numbered in disk order with the "extended" partition at +</I>>><i> the end of the disk. With gdisk it is easy to extend an +</I>><i> I meant "With gparted it is easy to extend an ... +</I>><i> (obviously not gdisk) +</I> +OK + +After conversion the mbr order is kept until you change it. + +>><i> extended partition to the end of disk with gparted (using a live cd +</I>>><i> such as systemrescueCD). +</I>>><i> You can easily check what partition ordering is with gdisk. (From +</I>>><i> systemrescueCD if necessary.) +</I>>><i> In any case, both grub and grub2 can get confused sometimes when +</I>>><i> partition numbering changes. +</I> +That is one of the reasons that I like LABELs. + +>><i> It is only necessary to go into rescue mode on boot (from any Mageia +</I>>><i> boot cd/dvd, or systemrescueCD), and invoke grub to find the +</I>>><i> designated boot partition. +</I>>><i> It gives you a grub prompt. grub has somewhat cryptic but useful help. +</I>>><i> (This may have changed under grub2, but I don't think so.) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Regards :) +</I>>><i> +</I> +-- +blind Pete +Sig goes here... + +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008203.html">[Mageia-discuss] partitioning bug +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008144.html">[Mageia-discuss] partitioning bug +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8226">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8226">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8226">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8226">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |