Alan,

Thanks! - I got it to work by using 83 instead of 85.

Yeah, well what can I say about my daughter - she chose the name for her 
machine! :)

Mark

Alan Dayley wrote:

> Mark Phillips wrote:
>
>> spongebob:~# fdisk -l /dev/hdb
>>
>> Disk /dev/hdb: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>>
>>   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/hdb1               1       14593   117218241   85  Linux extended
>> spongebob:~#
>
>
> spongebob?  ;^)
>
> You set the Id to "Linux extended"  Extended partitions are a "subset" 
> of a primary partition.  This extended one you created does not have 
> primary parent.  Change the type to "83 Linux" and I'll bet it will work.
>
> For reference read this: 
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/partition-5.html
>
> Alan
>
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