Re: partitioning to install Linux???

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From: Richard Bywater
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 00:00

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majamoo@magna.com.au wrote:

: I'm hoping to get some help.  Can anyone tell me how I tag the
: partitions on my hard drive so that I can install Linux?

: So far, every time I have tried, I keep ending up with two primary DOS
: partitions.   Any help with this would be much appreciated.

You need to use Linux fdisk to partition the hard disks.  There's a 
command in it to change the system type of a partition...

Cheers.

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