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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc Wandschneider)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: fdisk problem
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Date: 31 Jan 93 19:00:07 GMT
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In article <1kbfpvINNofj@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de writes:
>
>I'm having a problem with the 386bsd fdisk program posted last summer. I compiled it on my machine and put it on a 3.5" dist.fs boot floppy (in order to
>modify my disk's partitions before installing).
>
>When I say
>
>fdisk -u /dev/rwd0d
>
>and do the changes to the disk partitions I get
>Can't write fdisk partition table.
>
>The disk has received a primary DOS partition and an extended DOS partition before written by DOS FDISK.
>
>I wanted to change the EXTENDXED DOS Partition to type 386BSD or Unknown
>and then install 386BSD on it.
I had a similar problem last night---I was running NT on my machine,
and had a 280MB C: partition, and a 46MB NTFS E: extended partition.
When I tried to use fdisk to get rid of the NTFS partition, it told
me that it couldn't remove the logical drive because none existed, but that
it couldn't remove the Extended partition because there was a logical
drive in it. I couldn't get NT up and running again because I screwed it up,
so I ended up telling BSD to take the whole drive, and then rebooting with a
DOS disk and running fdisk then.
Screwy, a pain in the ass, but it worked.
Toodlepip!
Marc 'em.
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