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