Ian Moote,

30-Oct-99 12:25:00, Ian Moote wrote to ANDY ROBERTS
          Subject: M$ "screw you" FAT32

 DD>> Can ya send it to _ME_ as well.

 AR>> I haven't received that util yet either.

 IM> Your E-Mail host refused the connection. This is part of what I
 IM> got from my host:

 IM> ----- The following addresses had transient non-fatal errors
 IM> -----

My E-Mail address as seen below my sig is not *.com but andy@shentel.net

Thanks for trying tho.

 AR>> But don't expect OS/2 FDISK to be able to delete the type "b"
 AR>> FAT32 partition, because OS/2 was released before FAT32 existed,
 AR>> so OS/2 does not know how to deal with it.

 IM> ??? Do you know something about this "type b" partition that I
 IM> don't? Why do you think that OS/2 won't delete it?

Because while I was on the voice phone with Dave Davidson, he attempted to use
FDISK to delete what was reported as a type "b" partition.  He then used "Save
and Exit" FDISK which forced him to reboot.  When he got into FDISK again the
type "b" partition was right back where it was before.

While my personal experience with FAT32 is very limited, I think that behavior
has been reported by others.  Although FDISK does not say type "b" is a FAT32
partition, I found a web site that lists what is probably over 100 different
partition ID types.
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b WIN95 OSR2 32-bit FAT
     Partitions up to 2047GB.
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 AR>> It might help if you get a safe with a timed delay combination
 AR>> lock, set to not open for at least 30 days.  Then put all your
 AR>> various WinXX install CDs in the safe and lock it.  Then run the
 AR>> LLF, then install OS/2.

 IM> [:DDD At least you know something of human nature!! [:D

LOL... I've watched him play that game before.  When he gets stuck, he all too
quickly pulls out his WinXX install CD looking for a solution, but not
acknowledging that M$ is really the cause of the problem instead.

     Thanks and Good Luck,        Andy Roberts
                                  andy@shentel.net
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