[TriLUG] RH 9 install; partition type

[Joseph Tate]

Douglas Kojetin wrote:

> It's a locally built (custom) machine.  I personally formatted it ext3 
> ... been running RedHat 8 ... it's a backup partition
> 
> /misc
> 
> I've been writing to it, and as a matter of fact, backed up some date to 
> it before I started the install.
> 
> Now it says 'ntfs' .... all 80GB ...
> 
> 
> 
>> If it's a Dell or some other maker they could have put a restore or 
>> diagnostics partition on there.  They're usually small (< 100MB), but 
>> NTFS formatted.
> 
> 

Partition type got messed up in the partition table I'll wager.  What's 
reporting that it's NTFS?  fdisk?  What does fdisk -l report on the drive?

Joseph