Norton Utilities Disk Doctor and Linux partition

[Dom Bekarge <dbekarge netzero net>]

Off-topic questions related to Linux partitioning and installation

1.  Windows 98 Norton Utilities

A diagnostic check with Win98 version of Norton Utilities Disk Doctor (NUDD) 
identifies RH6 Linux partition as abnormal.

My Linux disk has a primary DOS partition of 100 MB and 
on remainder of disk are Linux native partitions.  Bootloader is
on first Linux partition and I boot Linux from custom startup disk.

NUDD asks if I want to "fix" the extended (Linux) partition table.
I answer "No."  Would "Yes" damage the Linux partitions?



2.  Unix version of Norton Utilities

I think that NU is available for Windows NT and some other Unix flavors.
Besides badblocks, what are the comparable GPL or commercial
utility programs for Linux / Unix?

Dom Bekarge
<dbekarge netzero net>

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