Re: partition magic

["Robert J. Kent" <k96rk01@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > onto the linux partition; i want to erase one of the DOS logical partitions
> > and reformat that space as linux native, then mount the *new* ext2 partition
> > as /usr.
> 
> No problem.  You can do that with fdisk (to change the partition type), mke2fs (to
> hose the DOS filesytem, and create something better) and then mount -t ext2
> /dev/<insert partition here> /usr. 

thanks, all, for the advice.  i thought i'd need to get that space away from
the "extended partition" to make it ext2, but i guess not.  *phew*... this
will be SO easy!

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