Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!virtech!cpcahil
From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Changing hard disk partitions
Message-ID: <1991Apr25.032927.407@virtech.uucp>
Date: 25 Apr 91 03:29:27 GMT
References: <1991Apr12.094520.9660@hollie.rdg.dec.com>
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc.
Lines: 20

peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) said:
>You can also turn the DOS partition into a UNIX partition, since the partition
>start is an absolute offset from the start of the disk just edit
>/etc/partitions appropriately and mkfs. ("just" he says).

and then I said:
>If this actually can be done, I wouldn't recommend it because a year from...

and then tim@dell.co.uk (Tim Wright) writes:
>You can't do that. When you change the dos partition into a UNIX partition,
>you have to change fdisk to reflect that it is a UNIX partition. DOS won't

Peter made no mention of changing the fdisk table (hence why I said if it
can be done).

Either way, we both agree that it would be messy and shouldn't be done.
-- 
Conor P. Cahill            (703)430-9247        Virtual Technologies, Inc.
uunet!virtech!cpcahil                           46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160
                                                Sterling, VA 22170