Alan Lue wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a problem with Windows, but it came about from using fdisk on a
> Linux system. I was wondering if you guys had any insight on the
> matter.
>
> I've put together a system with a 400GB hard drive and partitioned the
> disk as follows:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 2048 16450528+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
>
> I installed Windows 2000, and the system works fine. However, my
> Windows system fails to boot after simply adding another partition:
>
> /dev/hda4 3000 48641 366619365 83 Linux
>
> As the system boots up, I get an error on a blue screen that reads:
>
> ***STOP 0x0000007B . . .
> INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
>
> The system boots fine again after I remove hda4.
>
> I want to be able to put other partitions on this disk. Anybody have
> any idea what the issue is and whether there's a solution? Is the
> problem the size of the hard disk?
>
> Alan
>

Have a look at the disk with the W2000 tools (IIRC, Disk Manager).
Check the total disk size seen by it.

Check if the problem exists if you create an extended partition
with the W2000 tools. You can the create /dev/hda5 (with fdisk)
inside the extended partition. Linux will go happily into a logical
disk inside an extended partition.

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Tauno Voipio
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