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Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:19:09 +0200 From: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se> To: "Andries E. Brouwer" <Andries.Brouwer@....nl> Cc: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: completely hide parts of the partition table from Windows? Andries E. Brouwer writes: > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 12:59:01AM +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote: > > > > > Make a table that has a Linux extended partition (type 85) > > > > that is short enough not to cause Windows to worry. Have logical > > > > partitions inside of any size and location you desire. > > > > The problem here is that both fdisk and parted refuse to let me > > create a logical partition that exceeds the boundaries of the > > enclosing extended partition entry. So for this approach I'd have > > to find another Linux partitioning tool, or hack e.g. fdisk to > > bypass its safety checks (which do make sense for most use cases, > > just not for mine). > > My plan would be (i) create the right logical partitions > (inside a sufficiently large extended one) using any partitioner. > (ii) change the type and size of the outer extended partition only, > for example using sfdisk. The -N option can be used to tell sfdisk > to change only a single partition entry. Thanks, sfdisk did the trick. /Mikael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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