Not really. But remember that this "little thing" isn't something you're likely to be doing all that often. Preparing a hard drive for use is much more complicated than formatting a floppy disk. You actually do the same things in Windows, although the tools have different names, make Windows-only assumptions, and are all totally ignorant of non-Windows filesystem types. Linux has far greater capabilities which are accessed by simple command line options. You don't have to learn ALL of them -- that's what man pages are for.
fdisk writes type 83 into the partition table in the Master Boot Record (MBR) along with start & end sector numbers. This partition type number is used by file utilities when deciding how to do certain things. How do you suppose Windows can spot an ext2 partition and complain about an "unknown" type? --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL At 13:15 10/12/2001 -0700, you wrote: >working from another thread i've seen in here, >hasn't anyone developed an simpler way of doing little things like this? >i mean >i can do it off the command line >but i don't see why i have to remember that i need a "type 83" partition... _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
