First of all, sorry for my english.. the issue is.. I started installing gentoo.. all ok.. but i selected a mirror very very slow... so i canceled the install to select another mirror.. here is the problem... now, when i want to install again, in the partitions part, the installer recognize only 1 partition.. the anothers are "unknown".. /dev/hda2 = NTFS /dev/hda4 = Dell utility /dev/hda5 = extended (mount point /) /dev/hda6 = Unknown (This have to be the swap partition) /dev/hda7 = Unknown (This have to be /home) The cfdisk show the partitions correctly, i mean hda6 as Linux Swap / Solaris, and hda7 as Linux (hda6 too as linux)
you need to format the partitions with some filesystem in order for the installer to recognize them.
As i described in the original post, i format with cfdisk.. the /dev/hda6 as Swap, and /dev/hda7 as Linux extended
That partition layout doesn't even make sense. It isn't even possible. The extended partition must be partition 1-4 and it's not mountable/formattable.
fdisk/cfdisk use the partition type in the partition table to determine what type of partition it is. The installer uses libparted's detection which uses the filesystem in the partition to identify the partition type.
(In reply to comment #4) > fdisk/cfdisk use the partition type in the partition table to determine what > type of partition it is. The installer uses libparted's detection which uses > the filesystem in the partition to identify the partition type. So what program should i use to format the partitions??
You use the installer to modify your partitions. Anyway, there isn't really a bug here.
