[ltp] Recovery partitions

Matthias Himber linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:27:11 +0100


> Now, I would like to know how to make Windows anderstand that I have a
> 40 Gb HD, because it just detect a around 36 Gb HD (40Gb -
> the_size_of_the_recovery_partition)
There is a BIOS setting for that (sorry, can't look it up right now), it 
unprotects the recovery partitions space. Some (but not all) Linux kernels 
ignore this setting, making it possible to remove the recovery partition 
without unprotecting it first.
HTH,
	Matthias