I didn't use fips when I installed Linux, but as far as I know you can't change the partition type without blowing away data (I could be wrong). I have a problem mounting my extended partitions in Linux (windows thinks they are ok, but Linux fdisk says they are messed up. The only solution I could come by is to wait till I get back to school and back up my data on friends' computers and reformat windows using linux fdisk. Hmm, maybe something else could go in place of that waste of space... :) Jim Vash On Fri, 29 May 1998, M Lang wrote: > Hi all, > > I used "fips" to shrink my Win95 partion and then installed > RedHat 5.0 (2.0.31) on my generic laptop. Everything went fine and works > great. I have a small problem : I can't mount my Win 95 partition > as "vfat' and "fdisk -p" reported that my Win95 partition is > of type "unknown" (I have added a proper entry in > /etc/fstab for my win95 partitio). My questions are: > > - how can I change the type from "unknown" to "vfat" so that > Linux recognizes it (without destroying my w95 data)? > > - If not, what else can I do to mount my win95 under Linux? > > > Thanks a lot for any info/help/comment. > > - Minh - > > > > -- > PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! > http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject. > > -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
