[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Chkdsk and extended partitions

rick@jpusa1.UUCP (Rick Mills) (03/10/90)

	Here's another dumb question that I didn't find in the
"Commonly asked Questions" guide posted a while ago. 

	Why, after I install an extended partition on a non-standard
drive with Disk Manager or Speedstore, does chkdsk no longer work on
the extended partition? It reports "Invalid Media type".
	I understand that it is not a DOS partition, but what is chkdsk
looking for to work? What can I recommend to use in place of it?
	I reailze the newer versions of DOS take care of this, but
the drive isn't supported in the bios drive tables...

		Any help is appreciated!

-rick


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