Re: Hard Drive advice requested
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Date: 08/27/04
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:45:25 GMT
Bob R wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have a Seagate 60Gig IDE drive that is jumpered down to 30Gig (was in a
> P2-233 that died (CPU or PS) - RIP). I've stuck it in my newer P4 box,
> works fine.
>
> I'd like to know the affects of removing the 30Gig jumper.
> Will the current partition remain? (30Gig single FAT32, non-boot)
> After removing the jumper, what are the odds that cfdisk will allow me to
> allocate the rest of the drive for a Linux partition (and keep the current
> vfat partition intact)?
>
> Thanks for any comments/advice. (yes, I'll back-up before tinkering!<G> I
> ain't brain-dead, it just seems that way.)
> Don't 'Google' for me, but if you have a good link handy....
I think back up, reformat and restore. Anything else is
asking for trouble because if some pointer
is wrong somewhere, then your data is scambled egg.
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