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mfoster@computek.net wrote:
: In <43qq6o$42h@info.curtin.edu.au>, John Krivitsky <jk@cs.curtin.edu.au> writes:
: >I would like to set up partitions as follows:
: >
: >	C:	DOS
: >	D:	OS/2
: >		Linux
: >		Linux Swap
: >		Boot Manager
: >
: >The boot manager should be able to boot into any of the three OSs. I've
: >followed
: >the instructions and created these partitions under OS/2. I made DOS a primary,
: >OS/2 and Linux both Extended Logical.
: >
: >The problem is that when I boot Linux and run FDISK, I can only see three
: >partitions: DOS (>32M), OS/2 Boot Manager and `Extended'. It seems to have
: >lumped OS/2 and both the Linux partitions into one chunk, and I can't change
: >the individual Linux partition to Linux Native.
: >
: >What am I doing wrong?
: >
: >Please reply by e-mail to:
: >
: >		jk@cs.curtin.edu.au
: >
: >Thank you for your help.

: I had the same problem with a similar setup. In my case I was attempting to
: install Linux from a CDROM that had a kernel version of 1.2.2. A little checking
: in Linux news groups confirmed that there were some problems with logical
: partitions in early kernel versions. I got 'boot' and 'root' disks from a Linux
: ftp site that had kernel version 1.2.8, and I was able to see all partitions
: correctly. I have since bought the Slackware 2.3 Linux CDROM (dated July 1995)
: which has kernel 1.2.8
The July Slackware also has a problem in the fdisk that comes with the cd-rom.
(informix stuffed up, not slackware to my knowledge). Any way, download a new
boot disk (color144 etc) and all should be right in the world.

Andrew Artlett