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Date:	Thu, 25 Apr 2002 06:40:15 PST7
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: System Cmdr. & eCs

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>The name is JordAn, NOT JordOn.

>>I set up an old K6-2 computer with two drives: 10 gig and 4 gig.
>>
>>The 10 gig is set up as:
>>Boot Manager - 7.8 meg - Primary
>>ECS - 4 gig - hpfs - Primary
>>Win 98 (command line only -- these are the files from the Win 98 Startup
>>floppy) - 3 Gig - Fat 32 - Primary Win XP - 2.5 gig - Fat 32 - Logical
>>(The Win 98 partition is where I keep SC plus store my Drive Images
>>(backups)).
>>

>Are you saying you have Win XP on a primary or a logical partition? It's
>not clear.

Hi Jordan,

Sorry for the typo.
Win XP is on a logical partition.

>>One problem I remember was when I resized the Fat 32 partition to make
>>room for Win XP. Both fat 32 partitions were then totally inaccessible. I
>>had to boot into eCs (I think maybe from floppies), invoke LVM and, using
>>Physical View, Create two new volumes - one for each of the fat 32
>>partitions. I then set boot manager "active" and everything was back to
>>normal.
>>

>Are you also saying you ran Partition Magic before installing Win XP? If
>so, what version?

I usually use version 7.0 of Partition Magic, unless I have to do
something with the HPFS partition, then I use version 5.0 of Partition
Magic.

Sandy

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