Re: Known Windows 98 and Linux partition problems
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, James Lamphere wrote:
> Anyone have any imformation on known issues between a Windows 98 and
> linux dual boot? I found reference to an article at slashdot.org called
> "Windows 98 new partition behavior" but it has been removed from their
> archives. If anyone knows of a known problem please let me know.
>
I have had some issues with Win98 and partition tables. I have not been
able to resolve them. My partitions look more or less like this:
sda1: 600 MB Win98
sda2: Linux root
sda3: Linux /tmp
sda4: extended partition
sda5+: Logical Linux partitions
As you can imagine, I quickly ran out of space on the Win98 partition, so,
using Linux's fdisk, I created a new FAT partition. Then I booted to
Win98 and formatted this new partition. Windows was fine with this.
However...
When I rebooted to Linux, all the logical partitions were gone, and the
extended partition had really screwed up attributes. ARGH! I was able to
use the gpart program to scan the disk for ext2 superblocks and rescue a
couple of the partitions, but not all of them. So, it seems to me that
Win98 must have all its partitions in place and formatted before Linux is
installed...I think. Maybe Win98 will always screw up extended
partitions, not just when it's used to format them.
Other than that, they've co-existed without any problems for me.
noah
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