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- From: rohrer@fncrd6.fnal.gov (Keith Rohrer)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Repartitioning and using DOS again
- Summary: set partition types correctly
- Message-ID: <2199@fnnews.fnal.gov>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 14:09:05 GMT
- References: <1992Aug18.024707.5027@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug18.024707.5027@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> cljackso@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Chris Jackson) writes:
- > I'm having a problem with partitioning for Linux. First, after I
- >delete my existing partitn and create three new ones (DOS, Linux, and
- >Linux swap), I loose all my programs which isn't that bad. Then when I
- >try installing DOS, and even though the DOS partition is flaged as boot,
- >DOS (I'm using 5.0) can't figure out which partition to install on (C: ).
- >I like Linux but I need DOS till I get it running.
- Given the fact that DOS' fdisk is willing to create only one DOS
- partition outside the extended partition, I must assume you created
- those partitions with a Linux fdisk. Among the options on that fdisk
- program should be an option to change the type of a partition. Try
- changing it to DOS 16 bit FAT >= (or <=, as the case may be) 32 Mb.
- If DOS still doesn't like that, *then* delete at least the DOS partition
- and make that partition with DOS' fdisk.
-
- Keith
- (rohrer@fncrd0.fnal.gov)
- > Thanks in advance,
- > Chris
- >____________________________________________________________________________
- >Eail at cljackso@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu
- >_______________________________________________________________________________
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