On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:01:50 -0800 Norm <r.norm@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 21:04 -0800, Mailist wrote: > > I have a windows xp box with 25 gig of unformted non partitioned > > space space on a dynamic drive. The hard drive is partitioned into > > 2 ntfs partitions for xp. > > When I attempt to install either core6 of Ubuntu the boot windows > > partition is recognized and the remainder of the drive is lumped > > into as single partition of an unrecognized format type. If I > > format a 3rd partition on the drive and format it as ntfs under > > windows (my only choice) it is still not recognized when I attempt > > to install any linux system. > > Both qparted and Gparted report the file system as unknown on the > > second and third volume on the drive. > > How do I prepare the drive so I can use the remaining portion as a > > linux OS. I can format and use the drive as a windows drive but > > that is not what I want and reformatting is not an option. > > > > AFAICS "Dynamic drive" support in Fedora is disabled. > I'd venture to guess that it has something to do with "Dynamic" being > patented by the evil empire. > > Can you boot into Windows XP and revert the disk to normal? > > - Gilboa > Thanks Gilboa you basically confirmed what I thought was the problem. I did find a refrence on the web to it being possible to instal a dual boot on a dynamic disk box. I tried several different distro and came up empty each time, it seems that most distros have disabled dynamic drive. support There does not appear to by any way to turn dynamic disks back to basic disks. I am still trying to find out what possible reason there is for anyone to have changed this box to dynamic. About the only purpose could be it locks the box to being one that will only run the evil empire's OS. --
