Re: Hidden partition - probs.

[Andrew Clausen]

D Faust wrote:
> I'm getting this error when I try to make partition no. 4 (A Linux ext2
> partition) hidden from Win95. I'm on a Win95/ Linux dual-boot system, and
> Windows can see the Linux ext2 partition, though it reports it to be an
> MS-DOS partition, with drive letter E:. When I try to hide the partition in
> Linux, Parted comes back with:
> 
> "Ext2 partitions can't be hidden on MS-DOS disk labels."
> 
> I'm using Linux (Turbo) v 6.0.
> 
> Can you help me?

Only FAT partitions can be hidden.  Hidden just means "hidden from
Microsoft operating systems".  So, in a way, ext2 partitions are
ALWAYS hidden.

Andrew Clausen