From: inu574f@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham) Subject: Re: linux and dos partition Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1993 03:32:21 GMT
msmith@volta.elee.calpoly.edu (Mark Smith) writes:
>In article <CCKsso.MA2@jabba.ess.harris.com> john@valeron.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Chi-Hwa Marcos) writes:
>>If I partition a portion of my dos drive for linux and later decide to remove the
>>partition, would I be able to access the deleted partion in dos? Another words,
>>can I access the entire drive without having to reformat the drive? Any help is
>>appreciated.
> Yes, you can, but you'll have to set up a DOS extended partition, thus
>creating a D: (or what ever the letter is after your last current DOS drive.)
>Example: If you currently had only a C:, you would have to make the second
>partition D:.. There's no way to link two partitions together under dos..
Try looking up the DOS command append (I think - it could be join), but
it definitly can be done.
Mark Cosham
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