Re: [expert] Use of Windows may be hazardous to your Linux

[John Aldrich]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> 
> Wow! I really appreciate this posting. 
> 
> Normally I defrag my Windows junk every couple of months. Having just put 
> Linux on my brand new Win98 box, I hadn't given a moment's thought to 
> changing this practice, and fully expected to do a defrag sometime in the 
> next month or so. Now I won't!
> 
> This seems so fundamental that I'm surprised I haven't seen words to this 
> effect somewhere else. Or maybe you were just very, very (un)lucky.
> 
Doc (et al):
As long as you don't make Windows aware of the Linux
partition, (by using M$ Fdisk to create the "extended"
partition that Linux lives in) you shouldn't have a
problem. However, if you DID use Windows FDISK, I would be
EXTREMELY careful about using Defrag!
        John