I can confirm your observations.
I too have just installed Linux-Mandrake 7.2 on a dual partition (win98-15GB
active, ntfs-15GB blank,10GB unused) 40 GB IBM drive. The installation went
without a hitch. I now have Linux partitions at the end of the drive(past
30GB mark and using the remaining 10GB) booting via grub.
I would like to reduce the size of the Linux partition but with PM v6.0, I
see one FULL 'type 85' partition. No free space. Of course, this is not
accurate.
Do I assume that grub is operating from the MBR thus making the 1024 cyl.
limit meaningless in this case?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:48 AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] DiskDrake w/ PartitionMagic
>
> > I have PM 3 which is old and I see everything. Are you sure you using it
> > correctly?
>
> Yeah. And I was able to manage my Windows partitions just
> fine.
>
> > + you got 60G's isn't that enough for 2 OS's
>
> Heck, that's enough for several more. I'd just like to be
> able to manage the Gnu/Linux partitions with PM as well.
>
> >
> > > -----Message d'origine-----
>
> > > I'm finding it difficult to believe nobody has an opinion on this
> > > -- heck, nobody's even flamed me for a clueless newbie.... :)
> > >
> > > > I recently installed Linux-Mandrake 7.2 on a machine that already
> > > > had a single Windows Me partition on a 60G IBM hard drive.
> > > >
> > > > Although I'd already purchased a copy of PartitionMagic (v. 6.0)
> > > > I wanted to put Mandrake through its paces, so I used DiskDrake
> > > > to reduce the size of the FAT32 partition and to create my new
> > > > Gnu/Linux partitions (1 swap, 3 ext2).
> > > >
> > > > After installing PartitionMagic I used it to split up my Windows
> > > > partition (going from a single FAT32 partition to four FAT32 parti-
> > > > tions). This worked fine.
> > > >
> > > > PartitionMagic doesn't see the Gnu/Linux partitions, however. It
> > > > displays them as one big contiguous "Type 85" partition. Naturally
> > > > I haven't tried doing anything with this via PM.
> > > >
> > > > Other than this, everything's working fine. Both the Me and Gnu/
> > > > Linux sides are booting (using Grub) and running properly -- but I
> > > > *would* like to be able to manage my Gnu/Linux partitions with PM.
> > > >
> > > > I should point out that all of the Gnu/Linux stuff is at the end
> > > > of the partition map, well beyond the 1024-cylinder frontier.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know what might be going on? Thanks....
> > > >
> > > > Mark Shaw
> > > >
> > >
>
>
