On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Anton Graham wrote:
> Submitted 25-Jul-00 by Alan Blundell:
> > The installer changed hda3 (extended partition containing hda6, 7,
> > and windows drive 'D:') to type 85 'Linux Extended')
> > I fixed this by changing the partition type to 'extended' (type 5) with
> > linux fdisk, which fixed things again, but it had me worried for a while,
> > because Windows didn't even recognise the existence of its
> > poor old drive 'D:', where I keep all my (office) work.
>
> This is done decause (a) most Windows converts are using a single FAT32
> partition on large drives, and (b) DOS/Win fdisk will see that as a
> single non-DOS partition instead of an extended partition that
> contains nothing (Yes, DOS fdisk cannot see linux partitions inside an
> extended one). Your solution was the correct one.
>
> It should, however, recognise existing extended partitions and leave
> their type alone.
It does but the cylinder problem discrepancy is a bad one and really confusing
to newbies such as myself.
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Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
