🚀 go-pugleaf

Greg, I think your best option might be to use Linux FDISK off a floppy to
destroy the ext2 and swap partitions...  AFAIK Linux FDISK sees DOS
partitions but DOS FDISK won't see Linux...

So, create a boot/root floppy under Linux (which should have linux fdisk on
it, but if not then cp it over), reboot using the floppy, and do the ugly
thing to the HDD.

Hope this works for you..
enjoy.
Dave
reddwarf@octa4.net.au

Greg wrote in message <369F8FBE.3B63@bigpond.com>...
>Problems with Partitioning Disks & FDISK
>
>I have managed to installed both Linux & WIN95 on my PC.
>
>From memory I installed WIN95 first and then Linux
>
>fdisk in WIN95 created a 2G partition (FAT 16).  From memory fdisk didnt
>give me the option of creating a smaller partition.  My hard disk is
>4.3G.
>
>I then installed Win95.
>
>Red Hat 5.1 Linux was then installed.  During the installation process
>(when setting up the disk partition sizes) I reduced the size of the DOS
>partition to 1G.  After further reading I believe I should have used
>FIPS.EXE to cut the DOS partition size down.
>
>The result is
>
>FDISK in Linux
> Flag Part type FS Type Size
>/dev/hda1 boot primary Dos fat16 1004
> Pri/Log Free Space 1043
>/dev/hhda5 Logical Linux 776
>/dev/hhda6 Logical Linux 1004
>/dev/hhda7 Logical Linux 203
>/dev/hhda8 Logical Linux swap 70
>
>
>FDISK in DOS
>Partition Status Type Mbyte System Usage
>1 A Pri Dos 1004 Fat16 24%
>2 Ext Dos 2055 50%
>
>My Concern
>
>Dir in Dos shows that there is 2G of disk space available.  Scandisk in
>Dos shows that the disk is OK & there is 2G of free space available.
>Does Win95 have 2G or 1G ?
>
>Not liking this (& since I have only just installed both operating
>systems) I decided to start all over again.
>
>My Problem
>
>Fdisk in Dos will not reformat the hard disk
>
>If I try and delete the Primary drive the message is
>Can not delete the Primary when Extended exists
>
>If I try and delete the Extended drive the message is
>Can not delete the Extended when Logical exists
>
>If I try and delete the Logical drive the message is
>No Logical drives defined
>All logical drives deleted in Extended Dos
>
>
>All applications seem to be working OK but I am unhappy with Win95
>thinking it has 2G & Fdisk showing 1G allocated (I have rebooted the
>system several times and there is no change in the figures).
>
>
>How do I reformat the disk (or is there another way out).
>
>Thanks
>
>Greg
>
>PS, could you please copy any responce to my email address.