On ���, 2002-01-27 at 17:24, Pixel wrote: > Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > i just *hope* diskdrake is compatable with teh new winxp partition > > formating schematic. or else, allot of winxp users trying a dualboot > > system and use diskdrake to edit the winxp partition will corrupt the > > winxp partition (effectivily killing thier winxp partition). i've found > > resizing the fat32/ntfs winxp root partition with partition magic <=5.x > > would kill winxp partitions. fixed in partition magic =>6.0. > > AFAIK the partition table has not changed. > > The new stuff is LDM (a kind of LVM). I don't know if anything can be done on > such a beast. The positive point is i've never seen it installed by default on > winXP. > > some info about LDM > - http://lwn.net/2001/0802/a/dynamic-disks.php3 > - http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/ldm/partition.html > > The partition type tag equivalent to linux LVM (0x8e) is 0x42. fdisk would > show it as "SFS". > > Has anyone seen this yet? >
I had problem that XP tried to showed LVM partition as own (empty, it was Reiser :-) drive but without any ill effects so far. -andrej
