This email is a warning and solution that I hope will help someone out
there. Also included (of course) is my fix!
Symptom: After installing Linux Mandrake 7.1, Windows can't read any FAT
drives in the extended partition.
Further description: Computer that I was installing on had a 13G drive
Here's an even BETTER solution. Don't install Linux on anything other
than it own partition. That includes Extended DOS partitions. If you
have to use Partition magic to resize your DOS primary partition and
create another primary parition which is where your Linux installation
will go.
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