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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Do I have to clear DOS partition?
- Date: 5 Nov 1992 12:09:28 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
- Lines: 31
- Message-ID: <1dbo0oINN1vc@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
- References: <1992Nov5.112909@cs.utwente.nl>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu
- Keywords: Linux, Install
-
- waardenb@cs.utwente.nl (Jerry van Waardenberg) writes:
-
- >Hi,
-
- >I'm just new to this newsgroup and this is probably a FAQ, but anyway:
-
- >I have a harddisk with C: and D: DOS partitions and I want to install Linux
- >on the D-partition. Can I install Linux *WITHOUT* removing the data from
- >DOS partition C:? (I know when I run the DOS fdisk program, all data on all
- >partitions will be lost. Is this also true for the Linux fdisk program?)
-
- >Can someone mail me a FAQ list?
-
- >Thanx!
-
- >Jerry
-
- As long as you don't have to repartition your drive, the dos stuff on
- C: should be fine. I would make a backup just to be safe though. With the
- fdisk from linux, you can change the id on the partition without changing
- the partition tables. This would allow fdisk from linux to correctly
- identify your linux partition.
-
- You will have to do an mkfs on your old D: drive to make it work with
- linux though, so make sure nothing is on there that you need before doing
- this.
-
- I am emailing you the FAQ also.
-
- James
-
-