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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:44:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Greg Baker <gbaker AT ee DOT ucr DOT edu>
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Reply-To:	Greg Baker <gbaker AT ieee DOT org>
To:	Travis Siegel <tsiegel AT softcon DOT com>
cc:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: dr dos and fdisk
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Well, there is probably a way to do it in DOS somehow, but the best way I
know is through linux fdisk ... dos based fdisks, for some reason, won't
allow you to create multiple primary partitions on one harddrive whereas
linux fdisk will allow you to create up to four (and yes you will be able to
set them as dos partitions).  That should work.  If you don't have linux
installed, all you have to do is download a boot and root disk and boot into
linux off of the disks and run the fdisk that's included on the root disk
(for more info, email me personally and I will help).

Greg

UCR Electrical Engineering - We Get Jobs.

Close windows, and OpenDOS!  http://www.caldera.com/dos/dos.htm

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Travis Siegel wrote:

> I have a strange problem that perhaps someone can help me with.  I've
> recently obtained a new 2.5GB hd for my desk top machine.  Using the
> software that came with the drive I partitioned the drive into 3 pieces,
> and proceeded to put my data on it.  Unfortunately, w/o my knowledge, the
> stupid software made the second drive one large extend partition, with 3
> logical drives in that extended partition.  (Not at all what I wanted)
> Since it never gave me the option to change anything, I tracked down a
> program called presizer that allowed me to resize, move, and handle
> partitions independent of that stupid software or fdisk.  Well, I managed
> to shrink the extended partition, and create a primary dos partition.  Adn
> I can even boot from that primary partition now.  the problem though, is
> that I also shrank the extended partition again, and wanted to create a
> primar partition in the empty space left y the shrinking of the extended
> partition.  But now the problem is, fdisk sees the blank space, even tells
> me it's free space, but refuses to allow me to do anything with it.  Is
> there some way I can fix this slight difficulty? Presizer won't let me do
> anything with it except reexpand the extended partition to fill that space
> again (not what I want at all)   I'm not sure how I managed to create the
> original primary partition I have there now, but I know fdisk did the job.
> In any case, is there some way I can reclaim this free space (which fdisk
> sees as free space) and turn it into a partition of some sort?
> 
> 
> 

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