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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)

Get GDISK from Symantec's Ghost download area. It analyses the MBR/EBRs are
reports any problems. You can use the /raw option to see what things look
like.

Mark Madronio wrote in message <378551e3.6550430@news.bigpond.com>...
: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.
:

In article <378551e3.6550430@news.bigpond.com>,
  m.madronio@scholar.nepean.uws.edu.au (Mark Madronio) wrote:
> 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.

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!".

   Yousuf Khan



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On Thu, 08 Jul 1999 08:50:57 GMT, Mark Madronio sez:

>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.

For Woz's sake, BE CAREFUL how you delete partitions with either of
RH's partition editors.  I managed to totally scramble my extended
partition when I tried to delete the Linux partitions last week.
Maybe this time around I'll make a backup before I try it again... and
it would probably be a good idea to try it during the day with a lot
of caffeine in me, rather than at 3AM after a hard day of work.

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.

In article <378cfbd1.32329427@nntp.sprynet.com>,
  see.sig@for.email.address (Peter B. Steiger) wrote:
> 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.

But people are using Partition Magic as a setup tool mostly these days.


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