parbreastions not recognized. 560

Attys Erebos

I could be mistaken (Especially as this pertains to 2K-XP, NTFS 5.x) - but if I understand your problem correctly (it's hda1 you're having issues with?)

taken from OP's OP

I don't *think* you should not have the "Extended" (hda2) listed as "Boot-Active" onhda . Perhaps for Win to boot you'll need hda1 as active -- I know *my* Linux install resides on Logical Parbreastions (which are 0x83, and are contained within a win95-FAT32 LBA-INT13 Ext'd parbreastion -- ID=0f) and boots from Grub without having a boot flag set for it (look at fdsik output below -- the boot info-parameters for my install of Grub is inboot-grub-menu.lst -- some installes have or use agrub.conf file located somewhere).

With Grub or LiLo installed you should be able to set either NTFS or LinuxAnd as others have stated, there are different types of "Extended" - so the hex 0x00 buttignment-designation should help decipher the exact type of parbreastion it is -- OH! - I see, the hda2 is a DOS 3.3 FAT16 type Extended (0x05 - ID=5), not the typical FAT32 "Ext'd" that has LBA support and uses INT13 extensions (0x0f - ID=f).

Here's a typical (80GB drive) win98 + Linux readout;

$ sudo fdisk -ldev-hda

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id Systemdev-hda1 * 1 1275 10241406 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)dev-hda2 1276 8036 54307732+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)dev-hda5 1276 3188 15366141 b W95 FAT32dev-hda6 3189 4145 7687071 b W95 FAT32dev-hda7 4146 4814 5373711 83 Linuxdev-hda8 4815 4996 1461883+ 82 Linux swap Solarisdev-hda9 4997 5604 4883728+ 83 Linuxdev-hda10 5605 6820 9767488+ 83 Linuxdev-hda11 6821 8036 9767488+ 83 Linux

more detailed info about parbreastion "Types";