Sevatio....not really so. The procedures that install
Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system
install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the
two floppy set. The dos used is not Microsoft MS-DOS but
instead is a version of Corel's DR DOS.
Alan
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
>
> So it seems that we're still stuck in the DOS environment when creating
> these partitions. Is there a Linux equivalent to Partition-Magic so we
> never touch anything related to MS? Which also leads to this question ->
> When installing LM-7.1, I had DiskDrake create the Ext2 partitions. Is
> there a new version of Ext2? I ask because my Partition-Magic could not
> read those partitions. Also, how is it that DiskDrake could make a Swap
> Partition greater than 128Mb?
>
> Seve
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 7/30/00, 7:45:24 AM, Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
> Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 08:41:04AM +0000, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
> > > Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD?
> > > i.e. Number of primary & logical partitions allowed.
> > >
> > > Seve
>
> > I posted a writeup on this list a while ago; check the archives.
>
> > Several of the responses in this thread are incorrect. You can have zero
> > to four extended partitions in the MBR. How deep you can nest extended
> > partitions is up to the operating system that interprets the data and the
> > version of fdisk that writes it. I believe Mess-DOS can only go one deep,
> > so you can only get 16 partitions with Mess-DOS.
>
> > --
>
> > -- C^2
>
> > No windows were crashed in the making of this email.
>
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