Re: Re[2]: [newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS

2000-09-03 Thread Eunice Thompson
Thanks Roman. yes I have a Plexwriter 8x4x32. It's sweet. I wish I had the 12x. I was finally able to stop booting into Windows just to burn CD's It's a relief. Eunice On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, you wrote: Hey Eunice, put the installation disk in and do an expert install, when you get to the

Re[2]: [newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS

2000-08-30 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey Joan, Now my question is - how can I delete that /dev/hda6 partition? I need it for windows at the moment and DOS fdisk doesn't see it. Not even as NON-DOS partition, which would give me an option to delete it. What can I do apart from Partition Magic which I don't have the money for?

Re[2]: [newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS

2000-08-30 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey Aaron, There is a nice little freeware utility called DelPart. It can be found online, I don't have an exact URL, you'll have to search for it. Very handy to have around. Can delete any partition. Thx, will try, L.H.Loo sent me some URLs to look at, so I will. Thanx again. If you

Re[2]: [newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS

2000-08-30 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey, FYI, Try one of these two websites : http://hercules.lss.ksu.edu/download/MSSTUFF/delpart.htm or http://www2.netquest.com/tech/MyPC/utilitie.htm Thank you, will check it. If you reply to this mail, please also send me a copy to my private email address [EMAIL PROTECTED], since I am

Re[2]: [newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS

2000-08-30 Thread Roman Korcek
Hey Eunice, put the installation disk in and do an expert install, when you get to the disk partitioning, just delete the linux partition, click done then exit the install Thanks for the advice. I hear you have a PlexWriter 8/4/32? So do I... (LOL, lame, I know... ;-) If you reply to this

Re[2]: [newbie] How to delete an ext2 partition under DOS

2000-08-30 Thread L. H. LOO
Further to my earlier posting - I have just used fdisk (msdos version) under pure dos - "delete non-dos partition'" - to delete the 3 partitions SuSeLinux created on a 400MB harddisk and formatted it under Win95 with no problem. May be you can do that also. But be very careful with