Re: [gNewSense-users] Computer Won't Boot

[Sam Geeraerts]

Harry wrote:
> Thanks for the clarification, but I'm still a bit confused.
>
> My sequence to create the first large partition was n, p, 1, 1,
> 38913. Then I did a, 1, but I'm not sure how to make the filesystem
> ext3 or if those were even the right commands.

Set the system id ("t" command) to "Linux (83)".

> And the "back end" is partition #4?

If you want just 2 partitions then it's probably #2. "Back end" in this 
context just means "after the other partition", so the partition with 
the highest start cylinder.

> And how would I make the size 1 GB,

fdisk says how many bytes a unit (a.k.a. block) is. You can calculate 
the number of cylinders from that.

> or how would I designate this as swap?

Set the system id to 82.

You might want to use cfdisk instead of fdisk. Its interface is a bit 
more friendly.

> Sent from my iPhone

I wonder how hard it would be to remove or change that signature.

P.S.: Please actually reply to the message you mean to reply to. Your
reply to Paul's message breaks the thread.