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Subject: Partition Confusion
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Date: 12 Aug 92 11:30:55 EDT
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Ok, here's the situation:

I wanted to remove my AMAX partition from my HD and use my full 52 megs
for AmigaDOS. So, I backed up my AmigaDOS partition and went to reformat
the drive without the AMAX partition. I was using TCUtils 2.0, which comes
with IVS controllers (I have a Trumpcard 500 AT).  Now, after I was done,
and some confusion, I realized that I somehow ended up with a drive
that had two partitions: dh0: was 475k and dh1: was 48 megs. Both were
named 'EVE' which is what my original name for my AmigaDOS partition was.
Now, I figured out a way around the computer's confusion by dismounting DH0:
and then reassigning it to DH1: and dismounting EVE:, thereby leaving the
48M Eve but eliminating the 475k Eve. Sound confusing?

Well, as far as I can tell this all seems to work just fine, and I'd rather,
for the time being, lose however much HD space I effectively have lost than
reformat the drive and restore it again.  So, here are my two questions:

1) Is there any compelling reason anyone thinks I should reformat an
rebackup;i.e. some reason not to stick with this semi-kludge but functioning
setup that I haven't thought of.

2) Is there any way to redefine partition parameters and/or device names
without reformatting the drive?  I imagine it could be done with a sector
editor, and I've heard the term Rigid Disk Blocks bandied about in reference
to this, but that's all I know.  Any ideas?

Thanks all --

Aaron