[H-GEN] Linux and Partitions

[Stephen Thorne]

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On Sat, Sep 23, 2000 at 10:15:06AM +1000, Frank Brand wrote:
> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and ]
> [ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.          ]
> 
> Has anyone noticed any problem with partitioning on the latest Linux
> (Red Hat derivatives) systems.
> 
> On the older distros I used to do my own partitioning thru fdisk and I
> used mainly primary partitions.
> 
> With the later distros this does not seem to be an option and the
> automagic partitioning occurs (IIRC) and this uses extended partitions
> not primary partitions.
> 
> On more than one occasion when I came to clear the hard drive and
> re-install, the disk configuration tables seem to be corrupted and
> partitions have been over-lapped. 
> 
> This makes it impossible to remove some partitions. The only way I know
> of repairing such disks is to run Disk Manager.
> 
> Has anyone else noticed this behaviour?
> 
*cough*debian*cough*

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