RE: [coLinux-devel] Problems with \Device\HarddiskVolumeX

[Sean B. <sea...@so...>]

Hi,

Your settings are probably correct. I have been waiting for someone
else to give feed back on using native partitions as I have problems
too :) I wont go into them yet but will post back later. Essentially
I can boot from a native partition but linux cannot read the
superblock. I too am using Gentoo so have hacked checkroot and
checkfs to boot. Also, I am not using a native swap partition as=20
colinux seems to have issues with swap partitions in general, though=20
I have not tried this again with 20040313.

Some info which may help:
- You *must* look at your partitions from a logical(!) point of
view as opposed to physical. Use Storage/Disk Management aka
Logical Disk Manager. Just remember that Windows does its own
thing.
- The numbering of the hard disks and partitions is quite simple.
Hard disks start at 0. Partitions start at 1. Looking at things
from a logical point of view (as above) all should be clear.
- Don=92t know about that IO error. Kind of worrying. Try again
with a loopback swap image. Are you sure your partitions are
clean? boot native and e2fsck -f /dev/hda? perhaps?

Cheers.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: col...@li...=20
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> Of Ronald Pijnacker
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 10:18 AM
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> Subject: Re: [coLinux-devel] Problems with \Device\HarddiskVolumeX
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> > Please, post your exact disks configuration with partions and OS=20
> > installed.
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> One disk:
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> /dev/hda1: ext2
> /dev/hda2: ntfs (windows c: disk)
> /dev/hda3: extended
> /dev/hda5: swap
> /dev/hda6: reiserfs (root for gentoo)
> /dev/hda7: ntfs (windows d: disk)
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> I am using Windows XP, it reports the following:
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> \Device\Harddisk0\Partition0 (entire disk)=20
> \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1 ... \Device\Harddisk0\Partition5
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> I have confirmed that Windows uses=20
> \Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 as C: and=20
> \Device\Harddisk0\Partition5 as D: .
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> Ronald.
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> > Friday, March 19, 2004, 8:44:15 AM, you wrote:
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> > RP> Hi,
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> > RP> The last few evenings, I have been busy with trying to get my=20
> > RP> (dual
> > boot)
> > RP> Gentoo installation working with coLinux. As instructed on the=20
> > RP> Wiki, I tried \Device\HarddiskVolume4, which should be the swap=20
> > RP> partition, and ...Volume5 which is the root partition.=20
> I've also=20
> > RP> tried \Device\Harddisk0\PartitionX.
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> > RP> However, inside colinux, the only thing I get from the=20
> /dev/cobd?
> > device
> > RP> is "IO error". Using the Debian file system and the swap-file=20
> > RP> works
> > fine.
> >
> > RP> I'm pretty sure I've got the right volume numbers (others also=20
> > RP> don't
> > work
> > RP> anyway). Is there something I'm missing?
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> > RP> Thanks,
> >
> > RP> Ronald.
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