On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 14:50:04 -0600 Donald D Henson <wepin@wepin.com> wrote:
I want to repartition a hard drive to make room for Linux partitions in a dual-boot configuration. I tried using Partition Magic but it reports a non-standard partition and exits without making any changes. I have discovered that both Dell and Compaq create non-standard hidden partitions on their hard drives, the reason apparently open to debate. Does anyone know how to get around this non-standard partition? I'd appreciate any assistance here.
Don, I'm not sure this will help, but I have installed Linux ( SuSE 9.1) on my company laptop (Dell Latitude 500), and can link to my company metwork (Windows), and my home net (Linux- what else?). Using normal networking I find a Dell /dev.hada1, with lots of "Dell stoff" which launches nothing (apart from apparently allowing an OS to kick off). The company M$ Win/lose 2000 O/S is on /dev/hda2. The rest is reliable Linux. The re-partitioning was done within SuSE- Winblows didn't complain, and I've had (cross fingures etc.,) no problems (so far) over eight months..... HTH Terence