From: J Sloan <jjs@toyota.com>
To: Jason Venner <jason@vennerable.com>
Cc: Linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Total loss with 2.4.0 (release) (win98 not honoring partitioning)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:36:38 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A6DCF36.CF93E926@toyota.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200101231813.KAA24039@echo.vennerable.com>
Jason Venner wrote:
> Windows 98 and possibly followons doesn't quite honor 'b' type
> partitions in the extended area of the disk, particularily if you are
> past the 8gig boundary and the partitions in question are over 2gig.
> The above numbers are NOT hard boundaries, I have only seen this on 2
> computers and those numbers are approximate.
This should be an FAQ - running windows on a system
where you have a Linux partition is dangerous, and you
run the risk of losing all your data. Any Linux system that
contains important data should NOT dual boot with windows.
The voice of experience talking...
jjs
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-23 18:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-15 21:50 Total loss with 2.4.0 (release) Trever Adams
2001-01-23 5:33 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-01-23 7:01 ` Alan Olsen
2001-01-23 10:03 ` Trever L. Adams
2001-01-23 10:32 ` Patrizio Bruno
2001-01-23 14:57 ` Trever L. Adams
2001-01-23 15:25 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-01-23 11:27 ` Mark I Manning IV
2001-01-23 10:53 ` Ben Ford
2001-01-23 17:42 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-01-23 18:28 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-01-25 13:43 ` Kjartan Maraas
2001-01-26 21:40 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-01-26 23:12 ` Peter 'Luna' Runestig
2001-01-27 1:24 ` Mark van Walraven
2001-01-23 10:22 ` Heikki Lindholm
2001-01-23 12:43 ` Ragnar Hojland Espinosa
2001-01-23 18:13 ` Total loss with 2.4.0 (release) (win98 not honoring partitioning) Jason Venner
2001-01-23 18:36 ` J Sloan [this message]
2001-01-23 20:17 ` Total loss with 2.4.0 (release) Mike A. Harris
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