I recently dist-upgraded to Ubuntu Dapper Drake. Its awesome i must say.
I downloaded the Live+Install Cd and it refused to recognise the partitions on my first hard-disk . So people on the Ubuntu Forums suggested me to use the alternate CD. I downloaded that and got the same results. I am at my wits end tring to figure out the problem . Here is my Fdisk output from Fedora 5 ..I want to use /dev/hda2 to install Ubuntu. Also the current GRUB is installed in MBR of hda . Fedora and XP workin fine.
[root@aniket aniket]# /sbin/fdisk -l omitting empty partition (5)
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 638 5124703+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 639 1275 5116702+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 1276 4865 28836675 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda4 1914 3591 13478503+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda5 1276 1318 345334+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda6 1319 1913 4779306 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda7 3592 4865 10233373+ b W95 FAT32
Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 1305 10482381 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 1306 9733 67697910 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdb5 1306 3916 20972826 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hdb6 3917 6527 20972826 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hdb7 6528 9688 25390701 b W95 FAT32 /dev/hdb8 9689 9733 361431 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Also i want to know how to configure pppoe in Ubuntu. What I did in the Live Cd was , "sudo pppoeconf" . Then I followed the wizard. But it never asked me the service/access concentrator name . I need to enter those as there are multiple pppoe services on my LAN. Please help me as I really want to use Ubuntu.
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1
1 638 5124703+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda2639 1275 5116702+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
/dev/hda2 should be the Extended partition. For your first HDD, its not the case. I think the partitions are numbered in the sequence any detected Primary, detected Extended, then the ones inside Extended. hdx1 to hdx4 are kept for the four main (for a lack of better term) partitions (i.e. upto a max of 4 primary or 3 primary and one extended). hdx5 onwards are given to the ones encountered inside the Extended partitions.
Thats what I've seen on my installs. If your FC is working (as it obviously is), then maybe my reasoning is off-target.
Also i want to know how to configure pppoe in Ubuntu. What I did in
Break into its config file somewhere in /etc/ppp. I forgot to check it when hopping back from Linux. You will have to do a pppoe <some option> to get your access concentrators listed, I believe.
On 06/06/06 20:45 +0530, Rohit V. Bhute wrote:
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1
1 638 5124703+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda2639 1275 5116702+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
/dev/hda2 should be the Extended partition. For your first HDD, its not the case. I think the partitions are numbered in the sequence any
Err, no. In this case hda3 is the extended partition. hda2 is primary.
Devdas Bhagat
Devdas Bhagat wrote:
Err, no. In this case hda3 is the extended partition. hda2 is primary.
Excuse me for posting in the wrong direction (chronologically :-D ), but you are right! I just overlaid my fstab on Aniket's fstab. He has two primaries and an extended. Like he said, hda4 was the culprit - hdx1-4 are not used for partitions inside the Extended partition.
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