Re: 2 extended partitions in one disk

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From: Peter B. Steiger
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:00

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On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:01:47 GMT, ykhan@my-deja.com sez:
>The more I look at the finickiness of Partition Magic like this, where
>it can't handle something this simple. Then I see that the good old
>standard Fdisk which comes included with the OS can handle these
>problems without blushing, I just have to shake my head and say, "Come
>on guys, get to know Fdisk, it's not that difficult!".

The problem is that FDISK only lets you create and remove partitions
without letting you edit or specify start/end location.  It's fine as
a setup tool, but useless as a repair/customization tool.

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