On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Aalok Jain wrote:
->: I had installed Mandrake Linux 6.1 on a 4.3 GB hdd. I had about ~3.8 GB
->: for Linux Native and about ~255 MB for the Swap partition. Now that I
->: have to release the hdd, I run fdisk under dos 6.22. Fdisk dose not
->: recognise the swap partition but it shows a non-dos partition of 255 MB
->: but does not allow me to delete it.
->:
->: I also tried Fdisk /mbr but in vain.
->:
Any linux related partitions cannot be handled by fdisk of dos. Use fdisk
from linux to get what you want.
Also are you sure linux supports swap partitions greater than 128MB?
You can have more than one swap partition but not larger than 128MB.
Am I right?
Nagarjuna
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