DOS extended partition -> swap partition

DOS extended partition -> swap partition

Post by p.. » Mon, 24 Feb 1997 04:00:00



Hi.  I've deleted the former DOS extended partition and decide to use
it as a swap partion.  How may I do this ?  I tried simply to add the
line  '/dev/wd0s2   swap sw 0 0' to file /dev/fstab and an error
message similar 'device not configured' returned.  Idea ?
Thanks,
Patrick.

 
 
 

DOS extended partition -> swap partition

Post by J Wuns » Sun, 02 Mar 1997 04:00:00



> Hi.  I've deleted the former DOS extended partition and decide to use
> it as a swap partion.  How may I do this ?  I tried simply to add the
> line  '/dev/wd0s2   swap sw 0 0' to file /dev/fstab and an error
> message similar 'device not configured' returned.  Idea ?

If it's been the former DOS extended partition, it's probably
/dev/wd0s5 (unless you've killed the pointer to the extended partition
as well that normally resides in the base fdisk table).

--
cheers, J"org


Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)

 
 
 

1. how do i mount an extended dos partition or a dos logical partition ?

i need to access/share data with an NT machine (not on a network)
i have 10G removable hard drives
i am trying to put a file system on it to allow access by both linux and
NT
linux won't mount an ntfs file system
the NT person put 4 primary (?) dos partitions on the disk
and if i run fdisk in linux it sees 4 FAT16 partitions
but it will only let me mount the first one

how do i mount the other 3 ?

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