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Article #616Re: 2 extended partitions in one disk
From: Xcal
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 00:00
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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