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Here's what I wrote:
> Why on earth would ou use a DOS environment to make the paritions? Use
> fdisk or DiskDrake during the install process itself.
>
> I'm running Linux on a hard drive that has never been touched by
> Microsoft software, and it now running Mandrake 7.1. No problem.
>
> Now, if you want to _preserve_ existing MS-DOS or Windows data the, yes,
> you'll have to start in those environments, but if you want to preserve
> that data, this presumably isn't a major problem.
>
> Sevatio Octavio wrote:
> >
> > So it seems that we're still stuck in the DOS environment when creating
> > these partitions. Is there a Linux equivalent to Partition-Magic so we
> > never touch anything related to MS? Which also leads to this question ->
> > When installing LM-7.1, I had DiskDrake create the Ext2 partitions. Is
> > there a new version of Ext2? I ask because my Partition-Magic could not
> > read those partitions. Also, how is it that DiskDrake could make a Swap
> > Partition greater than 128Mb?
> >
> > Seve
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> > On 7/30/00, 7:45:24 AM, Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
> > Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?:
> >
> > > On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 08:41:04AM +0000, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
> > > > Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD?
> > > > i.e. Number of primary & logical partitions allowed.
> > > >
> > > > Seve
> >
> > > I posted a writeup on this list a while ago; check the archives.
> >
> > > Several of the responses in this thread are incorrect. You can have zero
> > > to four extended partitions in the MBR. How deep you can nest extended
> > > partitions is up to the operating system that interprets the data and the
> > > version of fdisk that writes it. I believe Mess-DOS can only go one deep,
> > > so you can only get 16 partitions with Mess-DOS.
> >
> > > --
> >
> > > -- C^2
> >
> > > No windows were crashed in the making of this email.
> >
> > > Looking for fine software and/or web pages?
> > > http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
>
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