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<anthony@linuxhelp.com.au> wrote in message
news:jTxI5.9146$Ab3.37891@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> In aus.computers.linux Mike Stephen <mikestp@telus.net> wrote:
> >
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> >
> > The Disk Druid allowed me to delete the partition of 2 gigs that
> > used to have my NT 4.0 on it.  Although it did not tell me to do
> > so, after 10 mins I gathered that to make it format as a Linux
> > partition, I had to delete it first.  Now many of you out there
> > are now saying "so what, that is easy"  Well Let me tell you.
> > the FDISK Druid reports my Boot manager partition as partition 2,
> > the NT partition as #3, the Warp partition as #4.  I can tell you
> > it is unnerving to say the least when it comes to deleting
> > partitions, when the utility to help you determine what
> > partitions are what, is distinctly different than the actual
> > drive layout according to OS/2 Boot Manager.
>
> Ahem.. Actually... Both MS and OS/2 get it wrong..
>
> WHat MS and OS/2 are showing you is "The first configured partition"
> as being "Partition 1".. When in fact.. this may not actually PHYSICALLY
> be the case..
>
> The "standard" PC master boot record has 4 slots of partitions 1, 2, 3 and
4
> These are physically set this way. But, dos most often configured
> partition 4 first, and called this "Partition 1", when in fact it was
> really physically 1.
>
I don't know if anyone's using PS/2's in this context but *don't* delete a
partition type of 0xFE or you'll lose your "Convenience Partition" for
System Configuration purposes.

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Regards,
    Tim Clarke (Guildford, UK)

Tim_N_Clarke (at) compuserve [dot] com

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