martin@mwtech.UUCP (Martin Weitzel) (10/27/89)
I have observed that under certain circumstances, there might be an overlap between two disk partitions (which means that writing to one files-system destroys the other and vice versa). The problem only occurs, if there is a further fdisk-partition *behind* the one, in which 386/ix is installed. Was the topic allready discussed here? (I'm new to news ...) Please *mail* me if you have observed similar problems or if you want me to supply more details. I'll sumarize. <signature? what for ... it's all in the header>
root@mustang.dell.com (0000-Admin(0000)) (10/28/89)
Yes the ISC fdisk will not create multiple partitions correctly if you use the "percentage" option instead of specifying the actual starting/ending cylinders. This is especially troublesome if you have a DOS partition on the drive, followed by the UNIX. If you fill up the dos partition (or nearly so) it will overwrite the start of the UNIX root partition. I believe they blame the failure on improper rounding in converting percentage values to cylinder numbers. James R. Howard Dell Computer Corporation P#: (512) 343-3480 9505 Arboretum Blvd. !s: cs.utexas.edu!dell!mustang!jrh Austin, Texas 78759