Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Tom~ I've tried what you were saying and changed the bootGUI from 1 to 0. I also noticed that at the top it says UninstalDir=D. That is the drive that i am missing. could that have something to do with it? sean On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote: I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for me. Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer. Mandrake will automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips, cds, etc. I am using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On the windows partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running Linux, I can see both of the windows partitions and can even access the files across the partition (from Linux onto windows). But when I boot into Windows I can't see the D:\ drive. I can access the C but can't even see the D. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this? Sean 'Bout all I can do is make some vague suggestions from memory. I had the same situation sometime ago when I installed 7.0. My C: is hda, the whole drive. I wanted to set aside some fat32 space on hdb, ie, of the 8 gig drive, 5 for Linux and 3 for fat32. No problem, Mandrake did the deal and even formated the 3 gig space as fat32. BUT, when I booted Windoze I expected to see C: and the new D: It wasn't there. Long time ago, I was advised to use DOS utilities on DOS partitions, Linux utils on Linux partitions. So, I booted to a DOS (not DosMode) prompt** and ran dos' FDISK. Best I can remember, the solution was as simple as setting the partition (the 3 gigs on hdb) as 'active'. Then windoze could see it, and called it D: ** easiest way to do this for W9x is edit MSDOS.SYS and change BootGUI=1, to BootGUI=0You'll then boot to a dos prompt, typing WIN starts Windoze. You can also use TweakUI to do this. -- ~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access]
Why not hit "F8" just after your system finishes counting RAM, maybe even F8 a few times just in case you are faster than the computer, then choose COMMAND PROMPT ONLY, much easier than editing MSDOS.SYS and maybe screwing things up there. IMO Jaguar Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote: I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for me. Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer. Mandrake will automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips, cds, etc. I am using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On the windows partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running Linux, I can see both of the windows partitions and can even access the files across the partition (from Linux onto windows). But when I boot into Windows I can't see the D:\ drive. I can access the C but can't even see the D. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this? Sean 'Bout all I can do is make some vague suggestions from memory. I had the same situation sometime ago when I installed 7.0. My C: is hda, the whole drive. I wanted to set aside some fat32 space on hdb, ie, of the 8 gig drive, 5 for Linux and 3 for fat32. No problem, Mandrake did the deal and even formated the 3 gig space as fat32. BUT, when I booted Windoze I expected to see C: and the new D: It wasn't there. Long time ago, I was advised to use DOS utilities on DOS partitions, Linux utils on Linux partitions. So, I booted to a DOS (not DosMode) prompt** and ran dos' FDISK. Best I can remember, the solution was as simple as setting the partition (the 3 gigs on hdb) as 'active'. Then windoze could see it, and called it D: ** easiest way to do this for W9x is edit MSDOS.SYS and change BootGUI=1, to BootGUI=0You'll then boot to a dos prompt, typing WIN starts Windoze. You can also use TweakUI to do this. -- ~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Sean
When you installed Linux did you resize your D partition and install
Linux in the Free Space or did you select the D drive and then
Auto-Allocate?
Charles
- Original Message -
From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Charles,
For the D drive, I never created it. It came from the manufacturer with
two partitions already on it. But D is FAT32. ANd yes, I was able to
access the D windows partition before i installed Linux.
Sean
On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote:
Sean
I had expected PM to see your Linux partitions as Type 85 but I had
not
expected it to see your D partition as the same.
This begs 2 questions.
When you created D did you create it as Fat?
Have you ever been able to access D from Windows?
Charles
- Original Message -
From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Charles,
I was able to get PM. When I ran it though, i couyld see two files.
There was a FAt which was labled as my C drive in windows. Then there
was
the remainding of my hard drive all in one clump. And rather that
saying
what type of drive it was, (whether FAT32 or Linux) it called it "type
85." I thought that was sorta strange since that was where the linux
and
D drive are but clumped them together. Then, if i were to boot to
linux,
sure enough all the drives are still there, the C, D and linux. But
what
i tired to do was in windows, the clump called type 85 (which is where
the
D and linux are) i tired to set as Active like you suggested and then
rebooted. Unfortunately it didn't have an effect. Do you know if
there
is something else that I can do? thanks for your help thus far.
Sean
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Sean David McCurry-Nieto wrote:
The download time is really long since it's rather large. but i'm
working
on getting it, it'll just take some time.
I do have data on the FAT32 D partition. it wasn't just written
over,
but
rather how you were saying it's hidden since i can't access it.
i'll
try
to get PM and see if that would do the trick.
sean
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Charles
A Edwards wrote:
Sean
You can not download a working copy of PM.
I have used PM for almost all of my partitioning so I have no
first
hand
knowledge as to wheather fdisk or any other utility will allow you
to
set
your D partition as active.
Since you created your D partition when you installed Mandrake
does
that
mean that you don,t actually have any data on it?
If it is just an empty Fat partition you can boot to your 7.1
installation CD, go through to the partition utility, delete D,
and
resize C
to take back the space. After it has been written to disk cancel
the
installation.and reboot your system. You will now have only one
Windows
partition but it's size will now be that of C D combined.
Charles
- Original Message -
From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Charles, I don't have partition magic. I used the utility
during
the
install to
partition the disk. Might there be another way? I'll look for
patition
magic
to download but i'm connected really slowly so I'm not sure if
i'd
be able
to
get it. thank you
Sean
Sean
Let me see if I have your info correctly.
You have 1 hd on which you have 2 Windows partitions (CD) and
an
extended
Linux partition.
When your Linux partitions were created your Win D was
changed
from
Active to Hidden because normally you would have only 1 active
partition
per
hd. If it is hidden Windows can not see it. Linux dosen't care
and
can
see
any thing except BeOS.
I am guessing that you have PM. If so then launch it. Select
what
should
be your D partition and from the Operation menu choose
Advanced/
Set
Active.
You will get a warning message about your Drive letters
changing
and
reccomending that you don't do it, but do it anyway.
Once you reboot your system Windows will once again see
both
your C
D
partitions.
Charles
- Original Message -
From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:51 PM
Subject: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
When I installed Linux, I created two partitions, one a 256mb partition for swap, and a second large partition for Windows D: The Linux partition is ahead of the Windows partition on the physical device. I think this is giving Windows a hard time reading the D: partition, which is after swap on the physical device. I can read all of the files from the D: partition in linux as DOS_hdc2...but can't access them from Windows. Guess it's another m$ heartache. Harry Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean When you installed Linux did you resize your D partition and install Linux in the Free Space or did you select the D drive and then Auto-Allocate? Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, For the D drive, I never created it. It came from the manufacturer with two partitions already on it. But D is FAT32. ANd yes, I was able to access the D windows partition before i installed Linux. Sean -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
I did the auto-allocate when I was installing the linux partition. Sean On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean When you installed Linux did you resize your D partition and install Linux in the Free Space or did you select the D drive and then Auto-Allocate? Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, For the D drive, I never created it. It came from the manufacturer with two partitions already on it. But D is FAT32. ANd yes, I was able to access the D windows partition before i installed Linux. Sean On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean I had expected PM to see your Linux partitions as Type 85 but I had not expected it to see your D partition as the same. This begs 2 questions. When you created D did you create it as Fat? Have you ever been able to access D from Windows? Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, I was able to get PM. When I ran it though, i couyld see two files. There was a FAt which was labled as my C drive in windows. Then there was the remainding of my hard drive all in one clump. And rather that saying what type of drive it was, (whether FAT32 or Linux) it called it "type 85." I thought that was sorta strange since that was where the linux and D drive are but clumped them together. Then, if i were to boot to linux, sure enough all the drives are still there, the C, D and linux. But what i tired to do was in windows, the clump called type 85 (which is where the D and linux are) i tired to set as Active like you suggested and then rebooted. Unfortunately it didn't have an effect. Do you know if there is something else that I can do? thanks for your help thus far. Sean On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Sean David McCurry-Nieto wrote: The download time is really long since it's rather large. but i'm working on getting it, it'll just take some time. I do have data on the FAT32 D partition. it wasn't just written over, but rather how you were saying it's hidden since i can't access it. i'll try to get PM and see if that would do the trick. sean On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean You can not download a working copy of PM. I have used PM for almost all of my partitioning so I have no first hand knowledge as to wheather fdisk or any other utility will allow you to set your D partition as active. Since you created your D partition when you installed Mandrake does that mean that you don,t actually have any data on it? If it is just an empty Fat partition you can boot to your 7.1 installation CD, go through to the partition utility, delete D, and resize C to take back the space. After it has been written to disk cancel the installation.and reboot your system. You will now have only one Windows partition but it's size will now be that of C D combined. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, I don't have partition magic. I used the utility during the install to partition the disk. Might there be another way? I'll look for patition magic to download but i'm connected really slowly so I'm not sure if i'd be able to get it. thank you Sean Sean Let me see if I have your info correctly. You have 1 hd on which you have 2 Windows partitions (CD) and an extended Linux partition. When your Linux partitions were created your Win D was changed from Active to Hidden because normally you would have only 1 active partition per hd. If it is hidden Windows can not see it. Linux dosen't care and can see any thing except BeOS. I am guessing that you have PM. If so then launch it. Select what should be your D partition and from the Operation menu choose Advanced/ Set Active. You will get a warning message about your Drive letters changing and reccomending that you don't do it, but do it anyway. Once you reboot your system Windows will once again see both your C D
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Harryit sounds as if your D partition is set as hidden, if so use PM to unhide it. Alan Harry Flaxman wrote: When I installed Linux, I created two partitions, one a 256mb partition for swap, and a second large partition for Windows D: The Linux partition is ahead of the Windows partition on the physical device. I think this is giving Windows a hard time reading the D: partition, which is after swap on the physical device. I can read all of the files from the D: partition in linux as DOS_hdc2...but can't access them from Windows. Guess it's another m$ heartache. Harry Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean When you installed Linux did you resize your D partition and install Linux in the Free Space or did you select the D drive and then Auto-Allocate? Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, For the D drive, I never created it. It came from the manufacturer with two partitions already on it. But D is FAT32. ANd yes, I was able to access the D windows partition before i installed Linux. Sean -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Alan, Thanks. I am able to reformat under Windows and copy files to it, but whenever linux is run, Windows loses it. It is strange. Like I say, it seems like a m$ bug of some sort. I have checked the partition and it is not hidden. Harry Alan Shoemaker wrote: Harryit sounds as if your D partition is set as hidden, if so use PM to unhide it. Alan Harry Flaxman wrote: When I installed Linux, I created two partitions, one a 256mb partition for swap, and a second large partition for Windows D: The Linux partition is ahead of the Windows partition on the physical device. I think this is giving Windows a hard time reading the D: partition, which is after swap on the physical device. I can read all of the files from the D: partition in linux as DOS_hdc2...but can't access them from Windows. Guess it's another m$ heartache. -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Windows does not play well with others. It has to be installed first in a dual boot system. - Original Message - From: Harry Flaxman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mandrake Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Alan, Thanks. I am able to reformat under Windows and copy files to it, but whenever linux is run, Windows loses it. It is strange. Like I say, it seems like a m$ bug of some sort. I have checked the partition and it is not hidden.
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access (Dana)
Dana Windows could care less when you install it or were you install it. On diferent drives and systems I have bootable Win partitions on the beginning, middle, and ends of the drive mixed in between BeOS, Linux and multiple versions of Win. Win might like to think it is the boss but what it doesn't know won't hurt it. Charles - Original Message - From: "Dana" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Linux Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Windows does not play well with others. It has to be installed first in a dual boot system. - Original Message - From: Harry Flaxman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mandrake Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Alan, Thanks. I am able to reformat under Windows and copy files to it, but whenever linux is run, Windows loses it. It is strange. Like I say, it seems like a m$ bug of some sort. I have checked the partition and it is not hidden.
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access (Dana)
Charles, I just repartitioned that drive that I was having problems with. I put the swap partition at the end of the drive and the windows partition at the beginning. All of my problems have disappeared. Windows always recognizes that drive now. Maybe it's because it is a large drive, I don't know. I just know that that solved my problems. Running dual with Windows 98 SE, and ML 7.0. Harry Charles A Edwards wrote: Dana Windows could care less when you install it or were you install it. On diferent drives and systems I have bootable Win partitions on the beginning, middle, and ends of the drive mixed in between BeOS, Linux and multiple versions of Win. Win might like to think it is the boss but what it doesn't know won't hurt it. Charles - Original Message - From: "Dana" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mandrake Linux Newbie" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Windows does not play well with others. It has to be installed first in a dual boot system. - Original Message - From: Harry Flaxman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mandrake Linux Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Alan, Thanks. I am able to reformat under Windows and copy files to it, but whenever linux is run, Windows loses it. It is strange. Like I say, it seems like a m$ bug of some sort. I have checked the partition and it is not hidden. -- Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Sean I had expected PM to see your Linux partitions as Type 85 but I had not expected it to see your D partition as the same. This begs 2 questions. When you created D did you create it as Fat? Have you ever been able to access D from Windows? Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, I was able to get PM. When I ran it though, i couyld see two files. There was a FAt which was labled as my C drive in windows. Then there was the remainding of my hard drive all in one clump. And rather that saying what type of drive it was, (whether FAT32 or Linux) it called it "type 85." I thought that was sorta strange since that was where the linux and D drive are but clumped them together. Then, if i were to boot to linux, sure enough all the drives are still there, the C, D and linux. But what i tired to do was in windows, the clump called type 85 (which is where the D and linux are) i tired to set as Active like you suggested and then rebooted. Unfortunately it didn't have an effect. Do you know if there is something else that I can do? thanks for your help thus far. Sean On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Sean David McCurry-Nieto wrote: The download time is really long since it's rather large. but i'm working on getting it, it'll just take some time. I do have data on the FAT32 D partition. it wasn't just written over, but rather how you were saying it's hidden since i can't access it. i'll try to get PM and see if that would do the trick. sean On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean You can not download a working copy of PM. I have used PM for almost all of my partitioning so I have no first hand knowledge as to wheather fdisk or any other utility will allow you to set your D partition as active. Since you created your D partition when you installed Mandrake does that mean that you don,t actually have any data on it? If it is just an empty Fat partition you can boot to your 7.1 installation CD, go through to the partition utility, delete D, and resize C to take back the space. After it has been written to disk cancel the installation.and reboot your system. You will now have only one Windows partition but it's size will now be that of C D combined. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, I don't have partition magic. I used the utility during the install to partition the disk. Might there be another way? I'll look for patition magic to download but i'm connected really slowly so I'm not sure if i'd be able to get it. thank you Sean Sean Let me see if I have your info correctly. You have 1 hd on which you have 2 Windows partitions (CD) and an extended Linux partition. When your Linux partitions were created your Win D was changed from Active to Hidden because normally you would have only 1 active partition per hd. If it is hidden Windows can not see it. Linux dosen't care and can see any thing except BeOS. I am guessing that you have PM. If so then launch it. Select what should be your D partition and from the Operation menu choose Advanced/ Set Active. You will get a warning message about your Drive letters changing and reccomending that you don't do it, but do it anyway. Once you reboot your system Windows will once again see both your C D partitions. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: [newbie] partition (drive) access I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for me. Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer. Mandrake will automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips, cds, etc. I am using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On the windows partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running Linux, I can see both of the windows partitions and can even access the files across the partition (from Linux onto windows). But when I boot into Windows I can't see the D:\ drive. I can access the C but can't even see the D. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this? Sean
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Charles, For the D drive, I never created it. It came from the manufacturer with two partitions already on it. But D is FAT32. ANd yes, I was able to access the D windows partition before i installed Linux. Sean On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean I had expected PM to see your Linux partitions as Type 85 but I had not expected it to see your D partition as the same. This begs 2 questions. When you created D did you create it as Fat? Have you ever been able to access D from Windows? Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, I was able to get PM. When I ran it though, i couyld see two files. There was a FAt which was labled as my C drive in windows. Then there was the remainding of my hard drive all in one clump. And rather that saying what type of drive it was, (whether FAT32 or Linux) it called it "type 85." I thought that was sorta strange since that was where the linux and D drive are but clumped them together. Then, if i were to boot to linux, sure enough all the drives are still there, the C, D and linux. But what i tired to do was in windows, the clump called type 85 (which is where the D and linux are) i tired to set as Active like you suggested and then rebooted. Unfortunately it didn't have an effect. Do you know if there is something else that I can do? thanks for your help thus far. Sean On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Sean David McCurry-Nieto wrote: The download time is really long since it's rather large. but i'm working on getting it, it'll just take some time. I do have data on the FAT32 D partition. it wasn't just written over, but rather how you were saying it's hidden since i can't access it. i'll try to get PM and see if that would do the trick. sean On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean You can not download a working copy of PM. I have used PM for almost all of my partitioning so I have no first hand knowledge as to wheather fdisk or any other utility will allow you to set your D partition as active. Since you created your D partition when you installed Mandrake does that mean that you don,t actually have any data on it? If it is just an empty Fat partition you can boot to your 7.1 installation CD, go through to the partition utility, delete D, and resize C to take back the space. After it has been written to disk cancel the installation.and reboot your system. You will now have only one Windows partition but it's size will now be that of C D combined. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, I don't have partition magic. I used the utility during the install to partition the disk. Might there be another way? I'll look for patition magic to download but i'm connected really slowly so I'm not sure if i'd be able to get it. thank you Sean Sean Let me see if I have your info correctly. You have 1 hd on which you have 2 Windows partitions (CD) and an extended Linux partition. When your Linux partitions were created your Win D was changed from Active to Hidden because normally you would have only 1 active partition per hd. If it is hidden Windows can not see it. Linux dosen't care and can see any thing except BeOS. I am guessing that you have PM. If so then launch it. Select what should be your D partition and from the Operation menu choose Advanced/ Set Active. You will get a warning message about your Drive letters changing and reccomending that you don't do it, but do it anyway. Once you reboot your system Windows will once again see both your C D partitions. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: [newbie] partition (drive) access I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for me. Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer. Mandrake will automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips, cds, etc. I am using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On the windows partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running Linux, I can see both of the windows partitions and can even access th
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote: I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for me. Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer. Mandrake will automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips, cds, etc. I am using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On the windows partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running Linux, I can see both of the windows partitions and can even access the files across the partition (from Linux onto windows). But when I boot into Windows I can't see the D:\ drive. I can access the C but can't even see the D. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this? Sean 'Bout all I can do is make some vague suggestions from memory. I had the same situation sometime ago when I installed 7.0. My C: is hda, the whole drive. I wanted to set aside some fat32 space on hdb, ie, of the 8 gig drive, 5 for Linux and 3 for fat32. No problem, Mandrake did the deal and even formated the 3 gig space as fat32. BUT, when I booted Windoze I expected to see C: and the new D: It wasn't there. Long time ago, I was advised to use DOS utilities on DOS partitions, Linux utils on Linux partitions. So, I booted to a DOS (not DosMode) prompt** and ran dos' FDISK. Best I can remember, the solution was as simple as setting the partition (the 3 gigs on hdb) as 'active'. Then windoze could see it, and called it D: ** easiest way to do this for W9x is edit MSDOS.SYS and change BootGUI=1, to BootGUI=0You'll then boot to a dos prompt, typing WIN starts Windoze. You can also use TweakUI to do this. -- ~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Charles, I was able to get PM. When I ran it though, i couyld see two files. There was a FAt which was labled as my C drive in windows. Then there was the remainding of my hard drive all in one clump. And rather that saying what type of drive it was, (whether FAT32 or Linux) it called it "type 85." I thought that was sorta strange since that was where the linux and D drive are but clumped them together. Then, if i were to boot to linux, sure enough all the drives are still there, the C, D and linux. But what i tired to do was in windows, the clump called type 85 (which is where the D and linux are) i tired to set as Active like you suggested and then rebooted. Unfortunately it didn't have an effect. Do you know if there is something else that I can do? thanks for your help thus far. Sean On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Sean David McCurry-Nieto wrote: The download time is really long since it's rather large. but i'm working on getting it, it'll just take some time. I do have data on the FAT32 D partition. it wasn't just written over, but rather how you were saying it's hidden since i can't access it. i'll try to get PM and see if that would do the trick. sean On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean You can not download a working copy of PM. I have used PM for almost all of my partitioning so I have no first hand knowledge as to wheather fdisk or any other utility will allow you to set your D partition as active. Since you created your D partition when you installed Mandrake does that mean that you don,t actually have any data on it? If it is just an empty Fat partition you can boot to your 7.1 installation CD, go through to the partition utility, delete D, and resize C to take back the space. After it has been written to disk cancel the installation.and reboot your system. You will now have only one Windows partition but it's size will now be that of C D combined. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, I don't have partition magic. I used the utility during the install to partition the disk. Might there be another way? I'll look for patition magic to download but i'm connected really slowly so I'm not sure if i'd be able to get it. thank you Sean Sean Let me see if I have your info correctly. You have 1 hd on which you have 2 Windows partitions (CD) and an extended Linux partition. When your Linux partitions were created your Win D was changed from Active to Hidden because normally you would have only 1 active partition per hd. If it is hidden Windows can not see it. Linux dosen't care and can see any thing except BeOS. I am guessing that you have PM. If so then launch it. Select what should be your D partition and from the Operation menu choose Advanced/ Set Active. You will get a warning message about your Drive letters changing and reccomending that you don't do it, but do it anyway. Once you reboot your system Windows will once again see both your C D partitions. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: [newbie] partition (drive) access I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for me. Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer. Mandrake will automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips, cds, etc. I am using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On the windows partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running Linux, I can see both of the windows partitions and can even access the files across the partition (from Linux onto windows). But when I boot into Windows I can't see the D:\ drive. I can access the C but can't even see the D. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this? Sean
[newbie] partition (drive) access
I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for me. Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer. Mandrake will automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips, cds, etc. I am using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On the windows partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running Linux, I can see both of the windows partitions and can even access the files across the partition (from Linux onto windows). But when I boot into Windows I can't see the D:\ drive. I can access the C but can't even see the D. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this? Sean
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Charles, I don't have partition magic. I used the utility during the install to partition the disk. Might there be another way? I'll look for patition magic to download but i'm connected really slowly so I'm not sure if i'd be able to get it. thank you Sean Sean Let me see if I have your info correctly. You have 1 hd on which you have 2 Windows partitions (CD) and an extended Linux partition. When your Linux partitions were created your Win D was changed from Active to Hidden because normally you would have only 1 active partition per hd. If it is hidden Windows can not see it. Linux dosen't care and can see any thing except BeOS. I am guessing that you have PM. If so then launch it. Select what should be your D partition and from the Operation menu choose Advanced/ Set Active. You will get a warning message about your Drive letters changing and reccomending that you don't do it, but do it anyway. Once you reboot your system Windows will once again see both your C D partitions. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: [newbie] partition (drive) access I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for me. Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer. Mandrake will automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips, cds, etc. I am using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On the windows partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running Linux, I can see both of the windows partitions and can even access the files across the partition (from Linux onto windows). But when I boot into Windows I can't see the D:\ drive. I can access the C but can't even see the D. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this? Sean
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
Sean You can not download a working copy of PM. I have used PM for almost all of my partitioning so I have no first hand knowledge as to wheather fdisk or any other utility will allow you to set your D partition as active. Since you created your D partition when you installed Mandrake does that mean that you don,t actually have any data on it? If it is just an empty Fat partition you can boot to your 7.1 installation CD, go through to the partition utility, delete D, and resize C to take back the space. After it has been written to disk cancel the installation.and reboot your system. You will now have only one Windows partition but it's size will now be that of C D combined. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, I don't have partition magic. I used the utility during the install to partition the disk. Might there be another way? I'll look for patition magic to download but i'm connected really slowly so I'm not sure if i'd be able to get it. thank you Sean Sean Let me see if I have your info correctly. You have 1 hd on which you have 2 Windows partitions (CD) and an extended Linux partition. When your Linux partitions were created your Win D was changed from Active to Hidden because normally you would have only 1 active partition per hd. If it is hidden Windows can not see it. Linux dosen't care and can see any thing except BeOS. I am guessing that you have PM. If so then launch it. Select what should be your D partition and from the Operation menu choose Advanced/ Set Active. You will get a warning message about your Drive letters changing and reccomending that you don't do it, but do it anyway. Once you reboot your system Windows will once again see both your C D partitions. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: [newbie] partition (drive) access I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for me. Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer. Mandrake will automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips, cds, etc. I am using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On the windows partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running Linux, I can see both of the windows partitions and can even access the files across the partition (from Linux onto windows). But when I boot into Windows I can't see the D:\ drive. I can access the C but can't even see the D. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this? Sean
Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access
The download time is really long since it's rather large. but i'm working on getting it, it'll just take some time. I do have data on the FAT32 D partition. it wasn't just written over, but rather how you were saying it's hidden since i can't access it. i'll try to get PM and see if that would do the trick. sean On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote: Sean You can not download a working copy of PM. I have used PM for almost all of my partitioning so I have no first hand knowledge as to wheather fdisk or any other utility will allow you to set your D partition as active. Since you created your D partition when you installed Mandrake does that mean that you don,t actually have any data on it? If it is just an empty Fat partition you can boot to your 7.1 installation CD, go through to the partition utility, delete D, and resize C to take back the space. After it has been written to disk cancel the installation.and reboot your system. You will now have only one Windows partition but it's size will now be that of C D combined. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] partition (drive) access Charles, I don't have partition magic. I used the utility during the install to partition the disk. Might there be another way? I'll look for patition magic to download but i'm connected really slowly so I'm not sure if i'd be able to get it. thank you Sean Sean Let me see if I have your info correctly. You have 1 hd on which you have 2 Windows partitions (CD) and an extended Linux partition. When your Linux partitions were created your Win D was changed from Active to Hidden because normally you would have only 1 active partition per hd. If it is hidden Windows can not see it. Linux dosen't care and can see any thing except BeOS. I am guessing that you have PM. If so then launch it. Select what should be your D partition and from the Operation menu choose Advanced/ Set Active. You will get a warning message about your Drive letters changing and reccomending that you don't do it, but do it anyway. Once you reboot your system Windows will once again see both your C D partitions. Charles - Original Message - From: "Sean David McCurry-Nieto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:51 PM Subject: [newbie] partition (drive) access I was wondering if someone could answer a technical question for me. Recently I installed Mandrake 7.1 on my personal computer. Mandrake will automaticaly mount your media for you, whether it's HDs, zips, cds, etc. I am using a dual boot system, windows and then of course linux. On the windows partition I have two drives, C:\ and D:\ Well when I am running Linux, I can see both of the windows partitions and can even access the files across the partition (from Linux onto windows). But when I boot into Windows I can't see the D:\ drive. I can access the C but can't even see the D. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to resolve this? Sean
