Can I make continuous linux partitions pretend to be something, to windows app

[Kevin Zhao]

Thanks, Alexander, I don't think they will have better idea than ask
me to do a full disk backup and fix the problem by erasing all
partition information.

I hope to know if my goal is possible to achieve. Actually it sounds
simple: How to set the partition table such that the extended
partition (4 linux partitions) is ignored by windows.

Here is the fdisk result.

~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1915    15382206    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            1916        3444    12281692+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3            3445        7296    30941190    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5            3445        3605     1293201   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6            3606        3763     1269103+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7            3764        4979     9767488+  83  Linux
/dev/sda8            4980        7296    18611271   83  Linux

~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1915    15382206    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            1916        3444    12281692+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3            3445        7296    30941190    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5            3445        3605     1293201   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6            3606        3763     1269103+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7            3764        4979     9767488+  83  Linux
/dev/sda8            4980        7296    18611271   83  Linux

On 8/18/06, Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> wrote:
> · Kevin Zhao <klzhao at gmail.com>:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am having problem with some OEM recovery program which find errors
> > in my partitions and refuse to work. I think there is not a big deal
> > as both xp and ubuntu work fine. But things like "partition magic" or
> > "powerquest" do not think so, therefore i can't get recovery.
>
> Hm, those are paid-for programs. Why don't you ask the vendor
> or the maker of those programs? That's one of the "benefits" of
> paid programs - you've got support. If not, then I wonder why
> you use paid programs, if there are OpenSource alternatives (partimage
> in this case).
>
> Alexander Skwar
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-- 
Kevin