Re: Partition help

["L. C. Robinson" <lcr onewest net>]

On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Mitchell Smith wrote:

> ...
> better put, your d:\ partition.
> 
> So if thats where you want to installed Linux, delete the hda2
> partition by hitting the letter d in fdisk, and entering 2 as
> the partition number that you want to delete.

Another possibly safer approach (less confusing?) might be to use
the fdisk under MS-DOS(win) to remove the unwanted partition,
leaving free space; then use only the resulting free space for
linux partitions.   The difference in the naming schemes wouldn't
be a consideration in this case.  It's usually not recommended to
manipulate partitions belonging to a different OS (operating
system) with a utility foreign to that OS.  The linux fdisk
documentation alludes to some specific problems that can result
from ignoring that advice, if memory serves me.

LCR

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ADFM" <flodabay hotmail com>
> To: <blinux-list redhat com>
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 5:37 AM
> Subject: Partition help
 
> > I am trying to understand all this partition creation. I am
> > trying to follow Mat Campbell's installation MP3's of his
> > tutorial of installing Debian, however, I am not
> > understanding the partition creation.
> > ...

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L. C. Robinson
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