Is it possible to create a linux (ext-3/reiser fs preferably) partition in winodws? Are there any programs that will do this?
I need this cos atm, linux is not picking up raid controller, but i NEED it to be in linux format for when migrating to another (linux) computer....
Cheers for any help guys

strange that linux isnt recognizing the raid. id check the controller. as far as creating a linux partition in windows, i seriously doubt that will be possible, but maybe someone knows better.

Well, the controller card is rather cheap, but it claimed that it supported linux... Kudzu hasn't even picked it up though! It's a EIO DM-8401R (made by innovision) I've looked on their site but haven't found any drivers

I searched google for your query and got something...I'm not sure if that will do, however, I leave it for you to figure that out..

First, take a look at this page which has the same issue as yours: (only difference there was that linux had detected that card as IT8212F instead of EIO DM-8401H)

http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kern.../Feb/0560.html

And this is the page which has the linux driver for RAID card - IT8212F

http://www.iteusa.com/productInfo/Do...3%20Controller

Notice the section at the bottom of the drivers page:

IT8212F
ATA133 RAID Controller RAID BIOS (for RAID, IDE) v1.6.1.8
ATAPI BIOS (for ATAPI device) v1.6.1.41
BIOS Update Utility (support: SST 39SF512/39SF010/39VF512; ATMEL AT49F010) v2.0¡@
Windows Driver v1.6.1.8
Windows Driver & AP v1.6.1.8
Linux Driver (support : Mandrake91¡B RedHat9.0¡B SuSe8.2 ) v1.42 Binary Code ; Source Code
Linux Driver (support: Debian, Gentoo1.4, Mandrake9.1, RedHat9.0, Slackware9.0, SuSe8.0, Turbo9.0) v1.43 Source Code
Linux Driver (support : kernel 2.6.x) v1.43 Binary Code ; Source Code
User Guide Specification v0.2
ReadMe v0.0


Good luck!

Regards,

amit

Creating a linux partition in windows hmmm, never heard of that. Rather resize your windows partition and create a new linux one.

noooooooooo, it's not to install linux onto it. That's already been done and perfected... I need it to put in a server (basically a file server - 240GB) but i don't want it in FAT32 as it isn't a journaling fs, and linux is still dodgey with NTFS.... I need to make this partition so tht i can move all my stuff onto the 240GB cos atm, all my other hdds are full (3x 40)

Cheers amit, i shall look at tht, looks promising

Partition magic 8 has native support to create linux file partitions... I believe it can create ext1 file type partitions... which can easily be converted later... you'll have to find the partition magic documentation on their web site...

PM8 does ext3