On 10/11/09, Michael <beriah@opensuse.us> wrote:
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> I think I found the source of several problems on my hd.
> I have an 40 gig hd (WDC WD400BB-75DEA0) that right now has:
> #1: primary partition with Windows 2kpro
> #2: extended partition with Windows D partition, PCLinuxOS, and extra
> ext2fs partitions for files
> #3. end of hd has my primary partition with OpenBSD 4.4
>
> OpenBSD and dos(partition magic) both show geometry of 4863,255,63
> linux shows geometry of 4865,255,63). Actual sectors (even printed on
> hd) is 78125000, but linux shows 78156225.
>
> I don't know what to do to fix that.
>
> The systems have been running ok, but I can't mount the PCLinuxOS
> partition from OpenBSD and when trying to install 4.5 or 4.6, I get
> the ERR M problem.
>
> I use Windows strictly for powerpoint files and I don't get on the
> internet with it, linux for flash and other junk like that. OpenBSD is
> my main running system.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated. I tried google, but didn't see anything
> to fix this.

How are you getting the various OS to boot?

A bit more info would be a help...

Fred