Q: about reformat disk where Linux and Window coexist

[Dabin Wang]

No, your label is not correct. For example, 6722 is the size of 
partition (MB). In fact, the totol size is 10 GB.

Dave

Bob McClure Jr wrote:

>On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 03:40:33PM -0400, Dabin Wang wrote:
>  
>
>>All fdisk infor from DOS are those that were sent before. Partition 
>>Magic has more infor. After I reinstalled Linux, it looks like the 
>>following:
>>
>>local Disk (C:)    FAT32    6722     6644    78  Active   Primary
>>/boot(*.)            Linux Ext2 23    3    20    None   Primary
>>(*.)                     Extended   2980   2980   none   Primary
>>/(*.)                     Linux Ext2   2910   757   2152   None Logical
>>SWAPSPACE   Linux Swap 70    0.0    70    None    Logical
>>
>>
>>Dave
>>    
>>
>
>I'm going to guess at column headings here and attempt to reformat
>the listing.
>
> Assigned to       FSType       End     Start Cylinders  Act    PartType
>  
>
>>local Disk (C:)  FAT32       6722     6644       78  Active   Primary
>>/boot(*.)        Linux Ext2    23        3       20    None   Primary
>>(*.)             Extended    2980     2980       ??    none   Primary
>>/(*.)            Linux Ext2  2910      757     2152    None   Logical
>>SWAPSPACE        Linux Swap    70      0.0       70    None   Logical
>>    
>>
>
>I'd certainly rather have some partition numbers, and I don't
>understand the data I've labeled "End", "Start", and "Cylinders",
>because it looks like large parts of the disk are unused.  I guess my
>labels are wrong, but that's the best I can make of it.
>
>Meanwhile, you've reinstalled Linux.
>
>- Does it boot?
>
>- Does it work?
>
>- Do you still want to punt it or do you want it to work?
>
>Cheers,
>  
>
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