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.
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