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Re: 2 questions (fwd)




> From owner-linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il Thu Dec 12 16:02:05 1996
> From: Oleg Volkov <oleg@hpcms.co.il>
> Subject: Re: 2 questions (fwd)
> To: Linux-il@linux.org.il (Linux Mail-list)
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 96 12:29:27 EET
> Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
> Sender: owner-linux-il@linux.org.il
> Reply-To: Oleg Volkov <oleg@hpcms.co.il>
> Content-Length: 995
> 
> > 
> > > Yes, you're right. I have successfully cut FAT based partitions without
> > > use FIPS or anyother util, just by using Speedisk to put everything at
> > > the beginning of the disk, and then I cut it after the data, with
> > > fdisk(Linux fdisk), and voilla 
> > 
> > BZZZT! wrong! you may confuse DOS if you don't resize/limit the FAT size
> > (or whatever FIPS does to it) and it may one day ovewrite the data in the
> > partition now occupyed by the Linux. if it was as simple as that to do,
> > FIPS would never have been written!
> > 
> 
> Why not ? It is technique that I usually use with partition table.
> It allways work. DOS not confused at all. May be it dumb enought
> to beleive table. More of that you can get all 4 primaryes partition
> by this technique ( FIPS do not always do it by your wish ).
> I never get DOS overwritten to Linux partition.
> "Not enought room" or like that is usual message I've got before
> I bought new disk.
> 

I know of at least one person who used this technique, dos didn't fully understand it
and after some days the computer cruashed and the linux partition never was the same
again (untill the disked was formatted).
Beware !!!

Erez