Re: partitioning to install Linux???

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From: mark
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 00:00

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majamoo@magna.com.au wrote:



>Hi,

>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.

>regards

>Julie
>majamoo@magna.com.au

Make sure you tag the partition as linux native and then write changes
to disc .  You will need to reboot and run linux fdisk again to
confirm.

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