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List:       linux-poweredge
Subject:    partitioning
From:       Rikki Hall <rikki () gar ! net>
Date:       2004-09-28 7:24:56
Message-ID: 20040928072456.GD14831 () jade0 ! gar ! net
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I'm trying to install Debian on a PowerEdge 2850.  I've succeeded at
doing a PXE install, but I can not get the system to boot from the hard
drive.  I get a kernel panic, unable to mount root fs on 08:01.

I'm suspicious of the partitioning system.  It once claimed that the
swap partition looked like it was bootable.  It once set the type on a
partition to "Linux ext3" all by itself, and it wouldn't let me change
it, and it once declared a partition to be "DOS extended".  It will only allow 3 primary
partitions and 2 logical, and only if I specify the logical partitions
first.  Are there special rules for partitioning these machines I
should know about?

This may or may not have anything to do with my booting problem, but I
don't understand it.

Thanks,
Rikki Hall

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