Dual boot: Win2k won't hand over partition

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I wiped my HD, then formatted it FAT32.
I created a C: primary partition, then D: and E: are logical drives. F:
is CD drive.
I installed Win2k to C: Everything worked OK.
I then installed Debian Linux to E:, as an ext2 file system.
Linux worked OK, it also installed a boot loader menu allowing me to
choose between Win2k or Linux at boot up. So far so good.

Problem: When booting to Win2k, the boot process halts with a message
about a non-supported file system on E: Click OK to continue. Booting
is *very* slow but Win2k eventually displays.
* Unable to use Windows Explorer. Locks up.
* Unable to browse My Computer. Locks up.
* Unable to use Disk Management tool. Locks up.

Win2k seems to be "choking" tring to find the E: drive which now
"belongs" to Linux.
Any ideas on this?

I plan to use fdisk to try to delete the E: logical drive, if possible.
Thanks
Bruce
 
I wiped my HD, then formatted it FAT32.
I created a C: primary partition, then D: and E: are logical drives. F:
is CD drive.
I installed Win2k to C: Everything worked OK.
I then installed Debian Linux to E:, as an ext2 file system.
Linux worked OK, it also installed a boot loader menu allowing me to
choose between Win2k or Linux at boot up. So far so good.

Problem: When booting to Win2k, the boot process halts with a message
about a non-supported file system on E: Click OK to continue. Booting
is *very* slow but Win2k eventually displays.
* Unable to use Windows Explorer. Locks up.
* Unable to browse My Computer. Locks up.
* Unable to use Disk Management tool. Locks up.

Win2k seems to be "choking" tring to find the E: drive which now
"belongs" to Linux.
Any ideas on this?

I plan to use fdisk to try to delete the E: logical drive, if possible.
Thanks
Bruce
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It appears that Windows half-recognises your Linux
partition but does not quite know what to do with it.
Use a proper boot loader (e.g. XOSL) that allows
you to selectively hide partitions. It will immediately
solve your problem.
 
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