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Re: NO error in fdisk :D



HELMUT LEINFELLNER writes:
> DOS fdisk gives:
> 
> 1 PRI DOS YESHUA 1000 FAT16 100%
> 2 EXT DOS        1000       100%
> 3 Non-DOS          64        23%
> 4 Non-DOS        2047       100%
> 
> Partition 3 + 4 are Linux swap and Linux native, respectively.
> DOS fdisk recognises the primary DOS partition (1), but not the extended
> one (2). (This one is split into 4 logical partitions, each 250 MB
> size.)


     Did you create the DOS partitions in Linux or in DOS?  If you did
it from Linux, you should delete the partition and recreate it using
DOS's fdisk.  In general, partitions should be created using tools
from the OS that will use them.

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  |_)  _  |_       Robert D. Hilliard    <hilliard@metrolink.net>
  |_) (_) |_)      Palm City, FL  USA    PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9


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