On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 12:49 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> > Brant Fitzsimmons wrote:
> > 
> > diskdrake won't allow you to do that with minimal fuss?
> > 

<snip>

> Nope, because it sees the drive as an 8 GB drive. The problem is that
> the partition table/mbr contain information about the logical geometry
> of the drive. You can override this by telling fdisk to use the geometry
> that you supply. This will work for a Linux only drive, but you run into
> problem with the Windows partitions when you do this.
> 
> I am not sure how you tell diskdrake about it. With the fdisk x menu,
> you can change the number of heds, sectors/track, and cylinders to see
> the entire drive. I guess you could do that, and then use diskdrake on
> it. You have to be carefull that you only change the number of
> cylinders, or you will end up with corrupted file systems.
> 
> It can be done, but there are better tools to do the job.
> 
> Mikkel

I see.  Thanks for the info.
-- 
Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
BF Computer Consulting

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