Taras Glek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to install linux on my computer but I can't get past the partition
> stage without wiping out my hard drive. DiskDrake says that the partition
> table is too corrupt and and "Rescue partition table" doesn't help. Its a
> 27Gig Maxtor 7200 HD. I've installed Mandrake on it with no problems before,
> but ever since I wiped it clean, installed win98, then added 2000, Linux
> stopped recognizing the partition table.

can you send your partition table?

one solution to do so is to switch to console 2 during install (using
ctrl-alt-f2) and to:

fdisk -l /dev/hda


thanks, cu Pixel.

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