[olug] fdisk problem

Mon Sep 10 17:43:12 UTC 2001

Boot from a Linux cd and use one of the partitioning tools to blow it
away (Druid, FDISK)

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Peterson [mailto:mpeterson at charles.coxatwork.com]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 2:29 PM
To: olug at bstc.net
Subject: [olug] fdisk problem

Is there a public domain or open source program anyone has run that will
delete the extended partition from a Linux install?

Windows 98 second edition fdisk will not do it because it does not see
any logical partitions to delete and will not allow the extended area to
be deleted.

I was testing an IDE hard drive with Linux and DOS with a mirroring
controller and ran into this problem.

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there a public domain or open source
program 
anyone has run that will delete the extended partition from a Linux 
install?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Windows 98 second edition fdisk will not do
it 
because it does not see any logical partitions to delete and will not
allow the 
extended area to be deleted.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was testing an IDE hard
drive with 
Linux and DOS with a mirroring controller and ran into this 
problem.</FONT></DIV>
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