Re: Hard Drive advice requested
From: baskitcaise (baskitcaise_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/27/04
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:50:58 +0100
Bob R adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos underwear to write:
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....
Slight lateral thinking here Bob, if you have made a backup why not try
and shrink the partition that is already on there before you remove the
jumper, you only need to drop it by a few meg ( probably a multiple of
8 ) then when you remove the jumper you "should" be left with a blank
end that you can format?
I have never tried this but just a thought, might save you having to
replace all the back-up.
Ps. let us know what happens if you do please for future ref.
-- Mark Iligitimi Non Carborundum! Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK onfxvgpnvfr-ng-tzk-qbg-pb-hx
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