Partitions screwed up

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Jim wrote:
> FC 10
> Here is my Fdisk;
> 
> 
> DEv      BOOT START END     Blocks        ID    SYSTEM
> 
> /dev/sda1            1           5099       40957686   83     Linux
> /dev/sda2   *       5100     6374       10241432+   7     HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3            6375   14815       67802332+ 83     Linux
> /dev/sda4          14816   14946        1052257+    5     Extended
> /dev/sda5          14816   14946        1052227     82    LinuxSwap
> 
> The sda1 is really the / Linux boot partition.
> 
> When I resized the /dev/sda2 / partition to get 10gb of free space to
> make a partition, /dev/sda1 for WindowsXP NTFS, Gparted changed the
> Partition number.
> 
> From what I can see is delete /dev/sda2 and change /dev/sda1 Linux / to
> /dev/sda2 to get back to Linux / as Boot.
> 
> I don't know a whole bunch about Linux, so please be very definitive on
> what I need to do to get these partitions straighten out.
> 
You are making things much too complicated. All you have to do is
change what partition is marked as boot.

Using fdisk:
================================================================
fdisk /dev/sda1
Command (m for help): a
Partition number (1-6): 1
Command (m for help): w

The a command toggles the bootable flag.
The w command writes the partition table to disk and exits.
================================================================

Using gparted:
================================================================
Highlight the partition you want to be marked as boot.
From the Partation menu, pick Manage Flags. Click on the boot check
box...
================================================================

One other note - it usually does not matter what partition is marked
as bootable as long as one is...

Mikkel
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