[ILUG] wierd (kernel?) problems ?

[John P. Looney]

 Ok. My machine seems to be...decaying...too many wierd problems...

 First; partition table problem:

000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

[root at minbar valen]# fdisk

Using /dev/hda as default device!

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 784 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             1        17    136521   83  Linux
/dev/hda3   *        18        81    514080    6  FAT16
/dev/hda4            82       784   5646847+   5  Extended
/dev/hda5            82       212   1052226    6  FAT16
/dev/hda6           213       408   1574338+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda7           409       417     72261   83  Linux
/dev/hda8           582       784   1630566   83  Linux
/dev/hda9           418       499    658633+  83  Linux
/dev/hda10          500       581    658633+  83  Linux

Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-10): 10
Command (m for help): w

The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.

Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.

Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated.
WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
information.                    

00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

 And, when I go back into fdisk, the old partition is still there. Reboots
don't fix it. Rebooting into single user mode doesn't fix it.  Recompiling
a kernel without funny filesystem/partition table support doesn't fix it...

Kate

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