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Posted: Sep. 23 2006,15:07 QUOTE

i installed dsl on my 2gb usb drive and it was good. i would rather just install a distro so i want to get all the space on my usb drive back.
in windows i see the drive but its only 50mb
im not sure how to partition it or format it.... and i dont wunna install linux just to do this..any ideas
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Posted: Sep. 24 2006,04:38 QUOTE

The first partition is 50mb, with the rest being in another.
Afaik windows is limited to only see the first one. I think the solution was to hide it, or repartition/reinstall your drive to your liking.
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Posted: Sep. 24 2006,13:11 QUOTE

yeah i know that. i was asking how to. i tried by using dsl cd, but it did write the changes for soem reason. ill try again. any other ideas?
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Posted: Sep. 24 2006,18:44 QUOTE

You could try fdisk/cfdisk/parted .. I think most partitioning tools should be able to do what you want.
After you write, you'll most likely have to reboot to update the table.
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Posted: Sep. 25 2006,07:53 QUOTE

Indeed, you can use fdisk to clean the partitions on your usb drive. Fdisk /dev/sda  or whereever your drive is mounted.

Is it possible to make a partition that can also be accesed through windows? I've installed DSL on a usb drive, which now excists of a 50MB Fat16 partition for the dsl install, and a 150MB Linux partition, for the backup. Is there a way to make another partition (well, making a partition isn't the problem...) so that I can use that part to store files from a Windows machine?

(Sorry for the attempted topic-hijack ;))
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