fdisk help

[goldenradium2001]

I have three primary partitions: /boot, /, and swap on my system.

I use the following command:

#fdisk /dev/hda

to create an extended partition called /dev/hda4. Out of this extended partition, I create a logical partition called /dev/hda5.

I write the partition table but this is error I receive:

The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
The kernel still uses the old table.
The new table will be used at the next reboot.
Syncing disks.

So, I reboot. Unfortunately, after I reboot X goes crazy and I can't even log in to the GUI.

Help!

 

[pupu]

That's kinda strange. If your system boots and only X are messed up, it is probably not related to that fdisk experiment. Of course, if you haven't CHANGE anything. Try to boot to single user mode ('linux singe' at lilo prompt or something like this), check logs (/var/log/messages), try to revert your change... I cannot say anything specific.