on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 06:02:40PM +0100, Carel Fellinger (cfelling@iae.nl) wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 11:34:02PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > ... > > fdisk *only* modifies the partition table. It's not touching the data > > on it, so you can try combinations without fear. I think (and have been > > through this, but if anyone knows differently, speak up). Your next > > No no, it's not that simple:) Each extended/logical partition has its > own partition table and some spare room at the beginning of its allocated > partition space. So when one of your extended/logical partitions gets > mislocated it *will* overwrite sectors it shouldn't touch and quite > likely destroy some data. Thanks. So I guess the message is: nail the primaries first, then try dealing with the logical partitions. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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