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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.setup:15542 comp.os.linux.hardware:12237 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4020 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!uw-beaver!uw-coco!nwfocus.wa.com!camco!alfa02.medio.net!guysmiley.blarg.com!not-for-mail From: aw@blarg.com (Ashley Winters) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: fdisk partition info Followup-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 26 Jul 1995 09:12:59 -0700 Organization: Blarg! Online Services - 206/784-9681 Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3v5pib$1gr@blarg1.blarg.com> References: <3v4rmu$9c@trauma.rn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blarg1.blarg.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Larry Snyder (larry@rn.com) wrote: : I have a 1.2 gig IDE drive fdisked as: : slice 1 cylinder 1 to 700 as Linux : slice 2 cylinder 701 to 900 as DOS : would it be possible to blow away slice 1 : with Linux and create a Linux partition of : 350 cylinders from 1 to 350 as slice 1, then : create a 3rd slice from 351 to 700 as freeBSD - : and keep slice 2 as DOS from 701 to 900? : or do the slices need to be in order that the : partitions reside on the disk? : larry Your plan should be fine.