Jerry Feldman said:
> That is not entirely true. You can change the partition type from 83 (Linux 
> Native) to b (Win95 FAT32), or whatever is appropriate. The Linux fdisk 
> will do this. Then you can format it. The Linux mkfs command can be used to 
> format an MS-DOS partition, but i have not tried it.
> 

I routinely use it to format floppies, and used it to create a windows partition on a 
machine.  It works, but it does not copy all the stuff to make it a bootable 
partition, for that you need to use Windows.

jeff

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Thought for today:  copy protection n. 

 A class of methods for preventing
   incompetent pirates from stealing software and legitimate customers
   from using it.  Considered silly.





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