Re: HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

["t.bedlam" <bedlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 04:52:55AM -0700, <dinesh_peter@hotmail.com> was only 
   escaped alone to tell thee:

> > But now im facing another problem...... I gave Red
> > Hat approximately 5.5 gigs from a 20 gigs hdd  but
> > when i try fdisk in dos i see that the whole 20 gigs
> > is an extended dos partition 

The logical partition must rest on an extended partition. Extended 
partitions are the "equals" of primary partitions, i.e., you can only 
have four per HD due to PC BIOS limitations. (That is right, isn't it?) Any 
number may be extended or primary, but remember dos must boot from a primary, 
and you must have at least primary for your computer to think it can boot. 
Once dos is booted it cannot see other primary parts. Linux does not care 
if it is on a primary partition and can i/o with other OS's primaries.

I'm not sure I ever had a HD large enough to warrant multiple logicals 
on an ext. part while I was running dos. (I was very poor.... no, wait! 
I still am!)

> > When i try defining a logical partition i see that
> > approx 7.7 gigs are free.

20 - ( 5.5 + 7.7 ) = Where are the other 6.8 ? 

> > What id like to know is where is the rest of my HDD
> > space gone
> > I tried usin disk druid in linux and makin a 10 gb
> > dos partition in Linux but it just doesnt show me
> > that in fdisk

If that large extended dos partition was created by a Linux fdisk, cfdisk 
or Disk Druid dos will recognize it as of foreign origin and refuse to 
touch it. Same with a smaller logical part.

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