[ltp] [newbie] pre desktop area

[Nick Bower]

Cheers all for the confirmation.

On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 14:16, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
> Quoting Nick Bower <nick@nickbower.com>:
> > Too many I thinks here for me considering the stakes. :\
> > 
> > If I erased Windows, have Linux but saved the HPA (it can be mounted
> > from within Linux), is it the case that I can make a blank partition at
> > the start of the disk and restore windows?  In other words, will the HPA
> > restore blitz all of hda or only hda1?
> > 
> > The guy I asked at IBM wouldn't/couldn't answer this question.  I'd like
> > to know if anyone has definite experience here restoring from HPA
> > without.
> > 
> 
> My experience is that the restore from HPA affects only the first
> partition, i.e., /dev/hda1.  I have done several restores from HPA
> after I partitioned the hard drive.  The Linux partitions were left
> alone.
> 
> Jeffrey
> 
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