Re: [newbie] remove partitions

2000-11-20 Thread bascule
begs the question alan, what is different about a type 85 extended partition compared to an 'ordinary' extended partition? bascule Alan Shoemaker wrote: EdPM can't read what's inside a type 85 extended partition and that'd what diskdrake makes in 7.2. You need to use linux fdisk as

[newbie] remove partitions

2000-11-19 Thread ed
Hi heres my Question how do I remove the linux partitions on my HD without having to format the whole HD. I used partition magic to make the partitions on my HD and then I used diskdrake to shrink them to have /hda5,/homehda7,swaphda6,/usrhda8 and hdawindows for a dual-bootbox.I've done this

Re: [newbie] remove partitions

2000-11-19 Thread Roger Sherman
On 19 Nov 2000, ed wrote: Hi heres my Question how do I remove the linux partitions on my HD without having to format the whole HD. I used partition magic to make the partitions on my HD and then I used diskdrake to shrink them to have /hda5,/homehda7,swaphda6,/usrhda8 and hdawindows for

Re: [newbie] remove partitions

2000-11-19 Thread EagleIce
Roger is right, you should be able to delete the ext2 partitions with Partition Magic (at least if PM can read them) and expand the Win partition afterwards (or make an extra Win partition or whatever!). If this is absolutely impossible then I would try Windows fdisk. You can fix the MBR with

Re: [newbie] remove partitions

2000-11-19 Thread Alan Shoemaker
ed wrote: Hi heres my Question how do I remove the linux partitions on my HD without having to format the whole HD. I used partition magic to make the partitions on my HD and then I used diskdrake to shrink them to have /hda5,/homehda7,swaphda6,/usrhda8 and hdawindows for a