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- From: mrhoten@cs.stanford.edu (Matt Rhoten)
- Subject: Re: [Q] Linux fdisk DOS compatible?
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- Organization: CS Department, Stanford University, California, USA
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- Date: 26 Dec 92 22:22:13 GMT
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- okir@monad.swb.de (Olaf Kirch) writes:
-
- > Since DOS fdisk refused to make more than one primary partition, I
- > used Linux fdisk. However, I left one partition for later use with
- > DOS. But now, DOS won't recognize my disk at all!
-
- I ran into this as well. DOS breaks if you have more than one primary
- partition. Since you don't need any of your linux partitions to be
- primary partitions, you could simply remove the "bootable" or primary
- bit from them with linux fdisk, leaving only your DOS partition marked
- primary.
-
- Your mileage might vary depending on the software with which you boot
- linux. bootlin.com doesn't seem to need the primary bit set on anything.
-
- -matt
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