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Thread ID: 41693 2004-01-19 10:30:00 Resizing a partition Dolby Digital (160) Press F1
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208516 2004-01-19 10:30:00 I had a Linux partition (1.3GB) which I wanted to change to FAT32 which I did using Partition Magic but in the process it changed one of the other FAT32 Partitions (6GB) to something else (Partition Magic described it as <free>, fdisk described it as <unknown>). Is there a tool which will only change the partition type back to FAT32 as it hasn't been reformatted, without creating it (and trashing the data on the partition). I have since found that my backups are... um... not quite backing up the files I expected :O

It hasn't been the best of computing days!
Dolby Digital (160)
208517 2004-01-19 11:11:00 Ive found that Booting knoppix will do just what you're after, as Ive done the same myself on more than one occasion ;-)

Im sure Ive seen you post about having Knoppix lying round somewhere?


Chill.
Chilling_Silently (228)
208518 2004-01-19 12:10:00 Just to add to that:
Slackware Live should work too...

You may need to re-mount the partitions R/W though, possibly specifying -t fat32
Aside from that, hope for the best ;-)

Cheers


Chill.
Chilling_Silently (228)
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