Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:08:30 -0400
From: "Cooper, Greg" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Here's one for the gallery:
I want to partition a drive with 2 FAT16 partitions but I want the second
partition to be at the end of the disk. I want 2.047GB for C:
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:37:14 -0400
From: "Cooper, Greg" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
I was afraid someone would ask. Here's the short version of it:
My automated/unattended installation of NT4 requires a fat16 primary
partition. No prob
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:21:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Why not just create an fat 16 partition, install NT, Get everything
working, convert it to NTFS after NT has been installed and working. Then
run partition magic and extend
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:58:05 -0400
From: "Cooper, Greg" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
This is supposed to be a rather automated install for the masses who don't
have the hardware to install Win2000. I can't justify buying 5,000 copies
of PartMagic
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 13:01:55 -0400
From: "Berlant, Michael S" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
I see two problems with that.
First, one of the original premises is not to have to purchase Partition
Magic or any other paid software utility.
Sec
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:16:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Well in that case you just need 1 copy of ghost enterprise edition. It
will expand the partition and dump NT. Takes 15-30 minutes per operating
system. That way you just pay
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:18:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
You have a point with the libretto. But you can use NTFSPro to repair NT
partitions. Can't say its perfect but I guess it would be easier with
Fat16 on a libretto. I guess you
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:03:44 GMT
From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: fdisk question (non-Lib specific)
Well, you *could* do it with a bit of hex editing...
Or make three partitions, delete the middle one?
Or fdisk from most linuxes let you specify start and end
