[techtalk] Partitioning with fdisk
jenn at simegen.com
jenn at simegen.com
Mon Nov 8 18:24:35 EST 1999
Darren Osadchuk wrote:
>
> However,
> re-formatting in Windows makes the Linux boot process freeze
> when it tries to read hdb3 (the Win95 partition). I can't remember
> the exact message, because it's rather long.
When Linux is trying to mount that partition, does it know it's an
msdos partition?
/etc/fstab (I think) is the file to check for that.
Alternatively: do you want/need Linux to read the windows partition
anyway? :) If not, the solution is simple.
Jenn V.
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