>Hi folks:
>
>I used the Partition Magic
>(limited version from Mandrake-Linux 6.0 - MacMillian Publishing)
>to partition my drive.
>It worked fine then, I then told Partition Magic to delete the partition
>used by Linux.
>It says the partition was successfully deleted, yet when I go to create a
>new partition again, it says...
>"A Linux partition already exists, cannot create new partition"
>I tried several times to delete the partition, yet it still says (when
>using the delete Linux partition function) that a partition of approx.
>7.8mb still exists, and it won't let me create another.
>How do I fix this problem??
>The only partitions I see are the main one which has Win95 on it...and a
>small DOS Ext partition of approx 8mb.
>I guess thats my problem partition...
>I tried to remove this small partition as well using "fdisk" in DOS...and
>it will not let me delete it... :-/
>Has anybody run into this before?
>I promise I won't muck about with the partitions if I ever get Linux
>working again :-)
>- thanks for your time and troubles -
>
>Michael Chopek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Down to Earth Development Ltd - http://www.d2earth.com/
>Website & Web Applications Development
>Extropia Developers Network - http://www.extropia.com/
Start the install and choose disk druid. Delete the partition then make
your new ones and proceed.
Aaron Winters, Electronic Imaging Manager.
Garner Printing, http://camalott.com/~garner
http://camalott.com/~kaw
