Re: [rhn-users] RE: doubt in linux

[Peter Kühnlein <p uni-bielefeld de>]

Badri,

once again me, and not so hastily: to use fdisk, login as root. If you 
can't start fdisk using the command "fdisk /dev/hda" (substitute "hda" 
with the drive you want to check: "hdb", "sda", or wherever the 
partitions should reside), first look where fdisk resides (probably in 
/sbin/) and type in the whole path, as usual. fdisk will reply with a 
prompt, telling you that you can get help about fdisk using the "m" command.
If you just want to look up the structure of your device, type in "p", 
which will give you a list of partitions on the device. Using "q" you 
can safely quit without doing changes. If you decide to apply any 
changes, using "w" will write the changes to the partition table, and 
quit. But be carefull with that command, because you can damage 
everything. (I can tell you...) You can remove and add partitions using 
the appropriate commands, but I would not recommend that for W*ndows 
partitions. (Someone wrote that in the same spirit.) Although I used it 
for building W*ndows partitions a couple of times and it worked, people 
told me they had problems with that procedure. Learn about the commands 
using "m".

Hope this is of help for you: Cordially, Peter

> > tell me exactly what this fdisk does?if i apply it to my win partition ,
> > will anything happen to my data and my win os?can u also tell me the exact
> > procedure?
> > thanks,
> > badri.
> >    
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