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This might sound like "nuts" but are these people backing up their data when
installing the upgrade over their original?
Just curious...lmao already read some posts were people actually think "beta"
means "final release" for some reason....lol.
On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, you wrote:
>
> This afternoon, I received a disc containing the 7.0 Beta (Oxygen) from
> CheapBytes. The time stamp on the gi_cdrom.img is 21 Dec 99 20:32. The
> boot.cat time stamp is 22 Dec 99 16:05.
>
> When trying to perform an upgrade from 6.1 (Helios), it reports an
> inability to read the partition table on the hard disk. The following
> dialog states that /dev/hda2 is not a valid root partition and that I
> should select another. I am then informed there is no valid root
> partition, and it sends me back to the inability to read partition table
> dialog. This occurs both in Custom and Expert modes.
>
> My partition table is attached as is the dmesg output and the relevant
> messages from the third VC.
>
> /dev/hda2 is indeed not a root partition, it mounts as /boot (as many
> people who must dual boot have done due to BIOS limitations). But, I am
> not being given the option of selecting the correct partition.
>
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