[Linux-Anyway] Re: A little OT

  • From: "Meph Istopheles" <Meph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <Linux-Anyway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 11:23:44 -0700

  Godwin,

> >   Instead, I thought maybe booting RH 7.2 rescue,
> > mount the ext2 & either of the two vfat drives,
> > move the files, then format the ext2 drive vfat.

> While I think of it, you'd also have to change the
> system ID of the partition in the partition table.
> A partition formatted as vfat but designated ext2/
> 3 in the partition table won't get picked up by
> windows.

  Thanks.  This is what I'd meant -- run fdisk & wipe the
partitons, then make a vfat partition.  I would then boot back
into Windows & format it fromt there.

  Thanks for pointing that out though.

  Meph

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