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Re: same problem resizing FAT partition
From: |
Andrew Clausen |
Subject: |
Re: same problem resizing FAT partition |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:50:27 +1100 |
address@hidden wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> I have tried parted 1.4.3: after resizing the FAT partition
> the type of the partition is now correct but the boot process
> stops with an IO error;
>
> the partition table is:
> 1 1500.188 2248.312 primary FAT boot
> 2 2248.312 3098.812 primary FAT
>
> (there was an old ext2 partition in 0.031-1500.187 which has
> been removed)
>
> I do
>
> resize 1 0.031 2248.312
> parted asks if I want a FAT32 partition, I say OK,
> the partition table becomes:
> 1 0.031 2248.312 primary FAT boot
> 2 2248.312 3098.812 primary FAT
>
> but when I reboot I get IO error;
>
> I can still recover the windows partition with:
> rm 1
> mkpart primary FAT 1500.188 2248.312
> set 1 boot on
Hmmm.
Can you try booting Windows off a boot disk, and do:
A:\>sys c:
Tell me if it fixes things.
While your at it, check that C: is sane!
Thanks!
Andrew Clausen