The other factor could/would be if there is a reinstall partition, instead of a rescue CD.
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, David Talkington wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mike Burger wrote: > > >The problem, as I see it, is that he doesn't necessarily want to nuke the > >drive...my understanding is that he wants to keep Windows on there, as > >well as Linux. > > > >Am I misreading? > > I think so. He wants to remove the "D: partition", which is either a > second primary or a logical within an extended. Either way, you can > blast that partition during install and then use it, without > disturbing hda1. Whether that's a problem depends on whether his > Windows installation is using D:, but his message suggests that it > isn't. > > - -d > > > >On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, David Talkington wrote: > > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Mike Burger wrote: > >> > >> >XP doesn't use the old DOS fdisk, anymore, if I recall correctly. > >> > >> It doesn't, but maybe the OP is trying to use a DOS disk. Doesn't > >> matter, the answer is the same; nuke it during install. > >> > >> - -d > >> > >> > >> >On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, David Talkington wrote: > >> > > >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> >> Hash: SHA1 > >> >> > >> >> RAMAN GUPTA wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >I recently bought a Sony Vaio Notebook (P-III) preinstalled Win Xp, > >> >> >with C: (Fat32) and D:(NTFS) partitions. I do not have a Win XP CD, > >> >> >but only a Sony Recovery CD and it does not let me delete the D: > >> >> >partition (with Fdisk). > >> >> > >> >> Who cares what MS-DOS fdisk thinks? Delete it during the Red Hat > >> >> installation process, using Linux fdisk or Disk Druid. > >> >> > >> >> - -d > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> - -- > >> >> David Talkington > >> >> > >> >> PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp > >> >> - -- > >> >> http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html > >> >> > >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> >> Version: PGP 6.5.8 > >> >> Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > >> >> > >> >> iQA/AwUBPFMqcb9BpdPKTBGtEQJgKACgntuV+u5p+U1jUP7BMkpxMLRjEhQAn1E8 > >> >> c1TXSTQAAnTLN6j4fZZQeWdR > >> >> =ykbq > >> >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Redhat-list mailing list > >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >Redhat-list mailing list > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >> > > >> > >> - -- > >> David Talkington > >> > >> PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp > >> - -- > >> http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html > >> > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> Version: PGP 6.5.8 > >> Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > >> > >> iQA/AwUBPFNF+L9BpdPKTBGtEQKTcgCeO9ZbVMOVVRM/LUs4rXYm+kL3+EIAn1jg > >> cNKoqFn8ZVnlPSats8ShKPt1 > >> =76/z > >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Redhat-list mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >> > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Redhat-list mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > - -- > David Talkington > > PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp > - -- > http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/pale_blue_dot.html > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.5.8 > Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 > > iQA/AwUBPFNRSr9BpdPKTBGtEQKO8gCg10UhZhaVbUZjoCGaI0uGeLjcvecAn3nK > eCPEGgRpv5DZgJoivjlNJ9Df > =gcA4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
