From: mcrocker@titan.ucs.umass.edu (MATTHEW S CROCKER) Subject: Re: Does anyone use >64MB partitions? How? Date: 7 Feb 1993 00:16:07 GMT
In article <pcc.729024059@s1.gov> pcc@s1.gov (Philip C. Cox) writes:
>I have a maxtor 340, with 125 allocated to DOS. When I try to setup 64MB
>for linux, then use the rest (150MB) as extended file system, mkefs has
>a cow and seg faults. I would just make a bunch of 64MB partitions, but
>I do not have enough primary dos partitions to handle what I have left.
>
>Can someone give me a hint on how to use the 215MB I have left on the
>disk, given that I have only 3 primary partitions left?
>
>TIA,
>
>Phil
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Well, I have 1 100 MB efs partition and mkefs didn't complain about it
so no help there.... but as far as running out of primary partitions??
make you last primary (4) into and extended partition and then break
that extended into 64 MB logical drives. thats how its done...
Hope it helps.
-Matt
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