when i try to install windows xp on /dev/sda5 windows tell me that it can not write on /dev/sda1
how can i install windows xp on /dev/sda5? with out messing up some thing or is it not possible to install windows on this partition
cfdisk (util-linux-ng 2.17.2)
Disk Drive: /dev/sda
Size: 250059350016 bytes, 250.0 GB
Heads: 240 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 32301
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
sda1 Boot Primary Linux ext3 25004.86
sda2 Primary Linux ext3 125968.72
Unusable 0.41 *
sda3 Primary Linux ext3 50708.53 *
Logical Free Space 0.61 *
sda5 Logical Linux ext3 41568.43 *
sda6 NC Logical Linux swap / Solaris 1820.61 *
Logical Free Space 4984.12 *
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Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 32301 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x589cadc5
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 3230 24418768+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 3231 19502 123016320 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 19503 26053 49520047+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 26053 32301 47239401 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 26053 31422 40594129+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 31423 31658 1775616 82 Linux swap / Solaris
mind you /dev/sda5 , /dev/sda5 , /dev/sda5 are under /dev/sda4 as logical partition since dev/sda4 is of file
