On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> > No, it does not make them any more visable. And it is usualy a good idea
> > to use the tools from that operating system to create/format the
> > partitions that you will use with it. But the manual for fdisk does
> > recomend using Windows fdisk first to create at least one partition.
> >
> Really? Hmm...I've always read that you stand a better
> chance of making your Linux partition visible to Windows if
> you create the "extended" partition that Linux resides in
> with Windows FDISK. Now, I agree one should make Windows
> partitions with Windows FDISK. I simply meant that I'd
> heard one should not create partitions for LINUX with
> Windows FDISK. :-)
> John
>
If you make Linux partitions with Window fdisk, then they will be visable
to windows, at least untill you change the type to Linux. But I agree you
are better off using fdisk (or cfdisk) from Linux to create Linux
partitions. Re-reading what I wrote, I should have been clearer - use
Windows fdisk to creat at least one Windows partation before using Linux
fdisk to created Linux partitions. The reasion for this is that Windows
will sometime create a strange partition table. The Linux fdisk can read
the info from this, and keep the partition table readable by both
OSs. But the Windows fdisk isn't that smart, and will sometimes mess
things up if you use Linux fdisk first.
Mikkel
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