[KLUG Members] partition question

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> "Computer Management" shows 
> C: 13.7 GB NTFS---just what one would expect. = /dev/hda1, I take it
> D:  3.9 GB "healthy" (Win Explorer shows this as RAW) --- this is what I
> want to format at FAT32, then.   = /dev/hda5, I take it.
> [No drive letter]: 102MB"Healthy (Unknown Partition)"  = /dev/hda6
> (Computer Management shows this as 100% free....?)
> E:  Probably was assigned to a previously connected CD/DVD device; also
> various possibly PCMCIA/external CDROM or USB external HDDs that may
> have been connected in this installation's short life.
> F:  Sony Memory Stick
> G:  19.6GB "Healthy" (Win Explorer shows as RAW.)  = /dev/hda7 = Main
> Linux partition (Fedora didn't set up a separate swap partition?)

Fedora probably made a swap logical volume, so it is in hda7

> Strange that Windows assigned a drive letter to hda5 and hda 7 but not
> to hda6.

Probably based on if it recognized the partition type flag.

> <snip>
> > No.  It looks like it did everything properly.  In retrospect, things
> > could have been easier by setting up your FAT partition in XP, and also
> > formatting it within XP, before installing Fedora.
> > How did you expect Fedora to handle the second partition you set up for
> > XP?  
> I was assuming that since it was defined as a partition Fedora would
> ignore it (maybe I wasn't thinking explicitly about its being
> unformatted) and that Windows wouldn't see anything that was "Linux."

I'd expect FAT partitions to show up on the desktop in the same manner
as removable media.
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