What exactly does Arch do with existing partitions at install time?

Hi there,
I would like ton install linux on a computer which has already ubuntu and Vista.
I'd like to keep ubuntu and erase vista altogether.
My partitions look like this:
/dev/sda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 * 6 1918 15360000 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 1918 12225 82793624+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 12225 60802 390191105 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 12225 59676 381146112 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 59676 60802 9043968 82 Linux swap / Solaris
sda2 is also a dell-backup partition of some sort, /sda3 is windows.
The less intrusive for me would be to keep /sda1 and /sda2 without modifications, install arch on /sda3. I would be nice if I could add /sda6 as arch's swap, and get a dual arch/ubuntu boot.
Now the question. When I log into the installer, in manually-configure-block-devices, does not show the types of the partitions, says something like "raw data". I chickened out. How should I proceed to only format /sda3, and keep my precious /sda5?
Thanks!

gabrielvc wrote:
No, it does not work, since cfdisk can not handle my partition table:
FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 3: Partition end in the final partial cylind
Press any key to exit cfdisk
You can try to delete partition 3 altogether, then remake it. If that doesn't work things might become more difficult.
edit: that probably wouldn't work if you can't start cfdisk at all. Manually with "fdisk" from another TTY could work, or using parted, but those are less simple than cfdisk..
Last edited by litemotiv (2011-07-24 14:19:46)

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