[aclug-L] Re: cfdisk HELP!!!

[Jesse Kaufman <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

actually, i didn't lose a thing..  after trying and testing on my
to-be-formatted windoze drive, i performed the deed on my linux drive...
all went well...  no problems, and i'm using linux right now...  the
reason i really wanted it changed (it showed up in any fdisk prog) was
because it showed up in windoze as an unformatted windoze drive, and every
time i emptied the recycle bin, it asked if i wanted to format it...  

so, in conclusion, you CAN change the type of the partition (ie: Linux ->
Win95 FAT32 (LBA) and vice versa) w/o losing anything...  it shows up as a
linux drive, and as soon as i reboot to get my Money98 info, it should not
show up in windoze any more...

jesse

          <<< Jesse Kaufman (kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) >>>

On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Dale W Hodge wrote:

> 
> > somehow, my linux partition now shows up as a Win95 FAT32 partition in
> > cfdisk...  i can still use linux (what i'm in now), but it is very
> > strange... also, for some reason, the partition now takes up the whole
> > drive, rather than everything but my old 64Mb swap partition..  can i
> > change the type safely?  can i change the size safely? (i have a LOT of
> > mp3z, i DO NOT want to lose...)
> 
> Do NOT change the partition type unless you want to reload all your
> software. Changes in the master disk record can wipe out all existing data.
> Are you sure there is a problem? It may just be a problem with cfdisk.  Try
> using the old fdisk and see what it says.  Whatever you do, don't commit any
> changes unless you are absolutely sure that it's okay.
> 
> --dwh
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