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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT acepia.net.au>]

Hi Folks,

On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 10:10:07 +1300
3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
 
> Second comment:  I am very worried about your first HD (hda).
> There are two potential problems (which could be very serious
> in combination).  First, your use of extended partitions is 
> a risk.  On a pure Linux system, extended partitions seem to 
> work fine; however, on a hybrid Linux/DOS system, it is safer 
> to use only primary partitions (four per HD).

   I think this is right. I recently had an awful fight with a new 40 GB HD 
when
I attempted (several times) to partition a BL partition along with a primary 
DOS
and extended DOS partition. Everytime I thought I had done it, one or more
partitions got corrupted after installing (and running) BL. The extended 
partitions would not hold together after a reboot to DOS. I ended up with 
three
primary DOS partitions of 2 GB each, and a primary BL partition of 34 GB !

   On the other hand, just think what I could do with a Linux partition THAT 
size !     :)

   BTW: I use MS-DOS 6.20, not DR-DOS.

Regards,
         Ron
 
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