thanks felix but my winxp will not see the ntfs partition that is within the extended partition unless the typ is other than 05, specifically it will not mount it onto it's filesystem and since that partition is the 'documents and settings' stuff i can hardly do without it :) if you are sure that winxp pro should be able to do this from within a 05 id extended partition then i shall have to double check the integrity but there are no signs of errors, this linux install is booted from within the same extended partition
bascule On Tuesday 18 Feb 2003 6:25 pm, Felix Miata wrote: > bascule wrote: > > when using lilo to hide partitions in the past i have relied on the > > examples i found online and in man lilo.conf, but now that i wish to > > alter the id of the extended partition (so that both os/2 and winxp will > > both work) i can't find any confirmation of the appropriate nomenclature. > > the examples that i can find, for example: > > > > set=DOS16_big_normal > > or > > set=NTFS_normal > > > > do not actually coincide with the partition id list given by fdisk so i'm > > not sure if it is safe to just put: > > change > > partition=/dev/hda2 > > set=0x05 > > > > and so forth; the extended partition is a primary partition so i'm > > assuming it's id can be changed (i read that this can't be done for > > logical partitions) > > > > can anyone tell me what the nomenclature is for the set= line to change > > the extended partition to id 05 (Extended) and to 0f (ExtendedX) > > Use FDISK to change it to 05 and leave it that way. 0F is for W95OSR2, > W98, and WME. NT and its derivatives aren't so brain dead as to require > a non-standard extended type to know how to deal with a big disk. See > below URL for more. -- "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." -- Some wisdom from The Book.
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