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11-25-2001, 08:26 PM
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Primary and Extended dos partition
I've got two partitions on my 60 gig hdd. I am doing all the partition work with FDISK. The first primary dos partition is 15 gigs. The second extended dos partition is 45 gigs. It has a 45 gig logical dos drive on it. The primary partition is drive C and the logical dos drive is drive E. I copied the entire contents of the C partition to the E partition with a dos utility, so they both now have windows 98 and all of the same files. Now what I want to do is delete the first 15 gig one and install linux there for reasons of my own. What I want to make sure of though, is that I can delete the primary partition and just have an extended partition, and will the logical dos drive turn into drive C? If it won't automatically turn into the C drive, can I manually do it?
Thanx in advance, RenegadeKing
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11-29-2001, 03:42 AM
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Hi there,
I'm Linux newbie so I can't answer the question with any certainty. But try posting this question in the Alternative Operating Systems forum or on www.linuxquestions.org You'll definately get an informed answer then. Have fun! |
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11-29-2001, 07:53 AM
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No, FDISK will not allow you to delete the primary partition while an extended partition and logical drives exist. What you would really want to do is use a program such as partition magic where you could resize your partitions as you please.
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11-29-2001, 02:25 PM
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Ok, thanx
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11-29-2001, 03:16 PM
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i'd recommend system commander for partitioning multiple Os's, you can copy partitions, move them, resize them (without reformatting) and make Linux work without using LILO. I've had a system with 6 OS's working together.
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11-29-2001, 05:57 PM
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Yeah, what Hal said, plus Win9x insists on being on the first Primary partition to boot.Bill G got you again!
But a progy like SystemCommander will replace the MBR with its own so you can boot to any partition. Plus, sizing of partitions on the fly.
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