first off...as i said, resizing windows or "adding partitions" was a no-no".
did that and when booting back to dos and using pqmagic stated, "partition
error....partition wasn't visible or no partitions to show". to resolve, had
to go back a delete the swap partition that i added.
tell ya one thing, your confidence is won pretty quick! me, i said, "ahh, what
the heck, i'll let it make "just" my swap partition." glad i was safe with my
data. just had to go back and delete the swap. also, you could have given
powerquest a call for techsupport, could have just been a "value" that needed
to be edited with their utility apps w/i /utitilites/dos somewhere. (had to do
this also)
last item, "data not backed-up" is "lost data"! This is a primary rule when
dealing with any computer. what would you do if a lightning bolt struck your
hdd? Me? I would simpley say "oh well" and pop in my cd-rom and re-install
(windows98? probabely needed to be reinstalled anyways..usually is the case
with mine anyways).
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote: > This idea didn't work for
me. > Here's what happened > I went to install MDK7.0 on an 8 GB disk with
WIN98 on it. > Told partitioner to give 2 GB to Linux (leaving 6GB for Windows)
> After it all went horribly wrong and I ended up with a corrupt Windows that >
wouldn't boot, I started from scratch. > I deleted the Linux partition (and
swap) using the MDK 7 installer, > rebooted to DOS, ran fdisk, deleted and
recreated my DOS partition. > > This said everything was fine and showed an
8GB partition. I reinstalled > WIN98 (and all my apps), only to find it thought
I had a 6GB drive still. >
> Partition Magic 5 fixed it, but only after I resized the Win98 partition to
> 6GB, then back to 8GB.
>
> So, after a day of re-installing, the cost of Partition Magic 5, I would
> concur that these sorts of problems should have been cleared up before
> release.
>
> On my second machine, which has had about every prior release on Madrake on
> it without a problem, the install problems are different but just as bad.
> It's a P120, 32 MB RAM, 1X6 and 1X2GB drive, 6XCDROM, Diamond Stealth 3D
> 2000 Pro.
> After numerous attempts where the graphical installer wouldn't work, I
> finally got it going with the text installer. The text installer is not as
> good as what was there. It would not allow individual package selection.
>
> So finally, I'm up and running. But no mouse. Mouseconfig had linked
> /dev/mouse to "ttyS0". After manually linking it to /dev/ttyS0, i got my
> mouse. How basic an issue is this????
>
> Now to configuring sound. Whereas the sound card (SB16 equivalent) had been
> picked up by previous versions of MDK, 7.0 did not configure it correctly.
> Had to manually set the DMA to the correct setting. A minor issue, but I'm
> curious as to why.
>
> Next, KDE. I chose the video card, monitor and setting the same as they've
> been in the past and it said it coudn't do it.
> By this stage, I'm fast losing confidence in MDK. Simple things that worked
> in the past now don't work.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 01/02/2000 06:40:41 AM
>
> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> cc:
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] 7.0 release delayed!
>
> granted...the install partitioner doesn't work well at all with any
> preexisting
> windows partitions.
>
> have been advised by powerquest that once you use a partitioner, don't
> switch
> to others as it may cause other problems.
>
> you'll need to go back into the mdk install prg and del the partitions that
> you
> created with it or moved to be able veiw the partitions again.
>
> thought this problem would have been cleared before the final release no?
>
>
>
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > Thank you, Corrupt Windows partition is what I ended up with.
> >
> > using such a CD to start the installation may result in some cases in
> > corruption of your Windows partition if it is resized during the
> > installation.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 31/01/2000 12:19:53 PM
> >
> > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > To: Mandrake Cooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > cc:
> > Subject: [Cooker] 7.0 release delayed!
> >
> > All,
> >
> > There are new floppy images in the updates/7.0 directory of the mirrors.
> > Included is README.img, which I include inline below. Note
> > particularly
> > (and with great joy and relief) the final paragraph (<big G>).
> >
> > -------------------------
> >
> > The following files are boot images which correct a problem
> > in the ISO image mandrake70.iso dated Jan 12, 2000:
> >
> > cdrom-2.img: install from CD-ROM
> > hd-2.img: install from hard-disk
> > network-2.img: install from ftp/nfs/http
> > pcmcia-2.img: install from pcmcia devices
> >
> > If you intend to install Linux-Mandrake from mandrake70.iso on a machine
> > that already has Windows installed, you must start the installation
> > process with a bootable floppy disk created from cdrom-2.img, as
> > described in the files INSTALL and install.htm. Although a CD created
> > from mandrake70.iso is bootable, using such a CD to start the
> > installation may result in some cases in corruption of your Windows
> > partition if it is resized during the installation. To use the boot
> floppy:
> >
> > 1. Place the floppy in your first floppy drive (A:) and reboot your
> > machine.
> > The installation procedure will be started from the floppy.
> > 2. If prompted, select your CD-ROM drive from the list provided.
> > 3. When prompted, insert CD #1 and continue the installation.
> >
> > Note: On some systems you will need to insert both the floppy and the
> > CD together and reboot. In this case, be sure that the install starts
> > from the floppy and not the CD.
> >
> > A new ISO image mandrake70-2.iso correcting the problem will be
> > available shortly.
> >
> > Keeping its dedication to quality, MandrakeSoft has chosen to postpone
> > the commercial release of its Linux-Mandrake 7.0 distribution to ensure
> > a maximal quality for this product.
> >
> > -------------------------------
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
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