I am confused by this discussion because Partition Magic comes
with Linux-Mandrake, that is the 'third party' software comes with
the Linux OS. So, can Partition Magic not solve the problem? Am I
missing something here?
                                                                Paul de Gruchy

> Date:    Sat, 20 May 2000 15:02:46 -0400
> From:    Bradley Marden <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: linux install
>
> Resently I purchased a copy of linux-mandrak 7.0 and tried to install it. After several attempts i finally got it to install with a dual boot with linux and windows 98se. After using it for a few minutes I decieded that it didn't work with my modem,cd-rom, and printer. So i going to take it
off. When i was installing it used the partitioning tool that came with the linux it created a 3 g main partition for linux as well as the swap file. The problem is now i cannot get rid of the partitions. Using Fdisk i can see the non-dos partition with a logical drive partition with is not

>
> Date:    Sat, 20 May 2000 18:34:47 -0400
> From:    Herbert Graf <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: linux install
>
> > Resently I purchased a copy of linux-mandrak 7.0 and tried to
> > install it. After several attempts i finally got it to install
> > with a dual boot with linux and windows 98se. After using it for
> > a few minutes I decieded that it didn't work with my
> > modem,cd-rom, and printer. So i going to take it off. When i was
> > installing it used the partitioning tool that came with the linux
> > it created a 3 g main partition for linux as well as the swap
> > file. The problem is now i cannot get rid of the partitions.
> > Using Fdisk i can see the non-dos partition with a logical drive
> > partition with is not defined. It will not allow me to delete any
> > of the partitions to get back full use of the hard drive. I have
> > 5.77g to use for windows and a 10.4g hard drive with dead space
> > and no way to get it back. All help would be welcomed!
>
>         Yes, DOS Fdisk's do not touch non DOS partitions. The easiest way is to use
> a Linux rescue disk to boot your system into linux. Then use the LINUX fdisk
> program to delete the partitions. An alternative is to use a 3rd party
> partitioning tool, partition magic is an excellent program. TTYL
>
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> End of PCBUILD Digest - 19 May 2000 to 20 May 2000 (#2000-142)
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