On 18 Feb 2003 21:59:39 +0100 Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > rcc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > /dev/hda2 65 129 65 522112+ 0 empty > > DrakX skips these weird partitions. > > I'm adding some trick in DrakX when comparing with /proc/partitions so > that it takes into account these partitions with non-null size but id > is 0. > > I wonder which tool allow one to create such partitions... it was Partition Magic and the owner of the box claims that at the time of creation of these partitions years ago this unusual setup was necessary to have two parallel DOS/Windows installs with hda1 or hda2 each being recognized as C: drive. The bootloader then hid the other partition, he says. I think it's time for him to redo the partitioning anyway as he no longer has a working windows install. As far as I can tell all his FAT partitions are unused. - Mark
