RE: Cfdisk + win98 + > 8.4 GB = DANGER!
I can confirm the following message!
This applies not only to large IDE HDs but also to
large SCSI HDs. You should enable "Large Block Access Mode"
or "Block Translation" or "DOS support for large disks"
in you SCSI BIOS. Be very shure to confirm that Win and Linux
agree about SCSI HD geometry.
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Henningsson [mailto:a@davidh.df.lth.se]
> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 1:04 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Cfdisk + win98 + > 8.4 GB = DANGER!
>
>
> Okey...here is what I've learned, the hard way (no guarantees, but I'm
> quite sure about this now).
>
> 1) For large disks, win98 uses LBA mode. That is, the
> partition *must* be
> "Win95 FAT32 LBA" and not "Win95 FAT32". (Otherwise, windows
> writes on your
> linux partition, which may cause severe file system damage)
>
> 2) In case you want to make logical partitions, cfdisk automatically
> reserves a primary partition for this, which it gives id 5,
> "Dos extended".
> For large disks, THIS IS WRONG, because the LBA rule is here
> too: It should
> be id 0f: "Win95 Extended LBA". (Otherwise, windows writes on
> your linux
> partition, which may cause severe file system damage)
>
> 3) There can be only one primary DOS partition and one
> extended (primary)
> DOS partition on one hard disk, or windows goes crazy
> complaining about
> corrupt partition table (might have been why win-fdisk
> integrity-checked my
> floppy...)
>
> I don't know if this is something I should report somewhere,
> but at least
> you know about it now. Spread the word.
>
> / David
>
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