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Date:  1 Oct 98 04:23:09 MDT
From: Joseph Morris <b52g AT usa DOT net>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [Re: dr dos and fdisk]
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Chuck wrote:

>>Partition Magic will let you create four primary DOS partitions -
>>however, it does warn that multiple visible primary partitions can
>>confuse DOSes (and therefore Windows 9x).  It will ask to 'hide'
>>the partition.
>>Linux fdisk can create these because Linux (being the superior OS
>>that it is) will let you use any combination of partitions you want
>>with no fuss.

DRDOS can cope with multiple primary partitions, which can be an interesting
way to hide data from windows 95, if you need to do this for any reason.

>Actually the opendos fdisk command lets you do that oo. Be sure to run it
>with the /x option, and then when you choose to create a partition, you >next
choose (create non-dos primary partition," and the final step is to
>select FAT16 >32MB from the file system menu. The term "non-DOS primary
>partition" is a little misleading, but once you pick it you can then
>specify DOS anyway, and you get a second (or third or fourth) DOS
>primary partition.

Of course if you do it this way, the partition will not be pre-formatted
and you will have to use format /x on it afterwards.

>Chuck
>Second Sight Software


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