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Re: 2 extended partitions in one disk

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From: Xcal
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 00:00
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I had a similar problem, however i couldnt even boot linux after i
fiddled with mounting....anyway, to fix my problem i had to use fdisk in
linux, remove the partition and then re partition, reinstall linux, and
re-format.... perhaps you wont have to, but if worse comes to worse....

-X

Mark Madronio wrote:

> I'm having some problems. My main OS is Win98. I don't know if the
> second partition came about while fiddling with Partition Magic 4 or
> after installing Red Hat Linux 5.2 (and using its disk partition
> software).
>
> Now I can't get rid of it. Win98 works fine, scandisk can't see any
> problems at all. Partition Magic immediately quits with an error so I
> can't use it. Norton disk doctor (v.2 for win95 but in DOS) sees it
> but can't fix it.
>
> What do I do?
>
> BTW, the 2nd extended partition seems to be wrong since the primary +
> 1st extended = 8Gb (total capacity of HD)
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Date: 1999/07/08
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