[Mageia-discuss] partitioning bug

[andre999]

andre999 a écrit :

correction :
> It might be because you had your "extended" partition at the beginning 
> of the disk, and MBR disk partitions are numbered with the "primary" 
> partions 1-4 and "extended" 5+.
> Gdisk would normally number in disk order, but I'm not sure because I 
> have always numbered in disk order with the "extended" partition at 
> the end of the disk.  With gdisk it is easy to extend an
I meant "With gparted it is easy to extend an ...
(obviously not gdisk)
> extended partition to the end of disk with gparted (using a live cd 
> such as systemrescueCD).
> You can easily check what partition ordering is with gdisk.  (From 
> systemrescueCD if necessary.)
> In any case, both grub and grub2 can get confused sometimes when 
> partition numbering changes.
> It is only necessary to go into rescue mode on boot (from any Mageia 
> boot cd/dvd, or systemrescueCD), and invoke grub to find the 
> designated boot partition.
> It gives you a grub prompt.  grub has somewhat cryptic but useful help.
> (This may have changed under grub2, but I don't think so.)
>
> Regards :)
>
-- 
André