Windows will not recognize your Linux partitions. Also, your drive
designation in Windows is not arbitrary. If you remove a drive it once had
by partitioning it for another file system it will just redesignate the
drives that are left, keeping them in alphabetic sequence.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of brandon
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 6:17 PM
> To: mandrake-linux support
> Subject: [newbie] Linux drive disappeared!
>
>
> I am running Linux and Windows 98 on the same computer but on different
> hard drives. After setting aside a 2.1 Gb drive ( drive D:\ ) for the
> Linux OS, I installed Linux successfully. But when I go into windows,
> it seems to not recognize the drive where I am storing the Linux OS.
> What was drive E now becomes drive D. And now, when I open My
> Computer, both the E: drive and F: drives have the cd-rom icon.
> Originally, my F: drive is my CD-ROM drive.
>
> How do I make Windows recognize the Linux drive? Or is there another
> way to solve this problem??
>
> thanks,
>
> Brandon
>
