Plug Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
> On the down side, partitioning still seems a little messed up. The biggest > problem is that it doesn't like multiple primary partitions (even though it > will happily create them, if you install with an already existing partition.) It should not choke on multiple primary partitions, only multiple main extended partitions. > > I was a little nervous about doing the install on my laptop, when it said > things like "ok to loose partition" <NO!>, then went on to diskdrake and it > claimed I had a 30+g hard drive (it's 20g!) But feeling brave (reckless), I > decided to chance it, and it seems to have worked just fine (haven't checked > to see if windows still boots, but it'd be a small loss.) > > On my desktop system, however, I just cannot get past the partition error > message. Even after I said NO to loose partition, it kept comming up with an > error--something about "_blanking_" (? looked like a function name.) After I > hit OK a few times, I gave up and rebooted my machine. Thinking Partition > Magic might fix it (it has in the past), I let it make it's fixes (there > _seemed_ to be one for each time I hit "OK"), only to be greeted by a large > yellow bar representing my HD with the words "BAD PARTITION" on it... Ugh... > (Note however that both 8.2rc1 and Windoze will still boot and don't seem > affected.) > > So, if you'd like to look into this problem, let me know if there is any > relevant information I can send you (partition tables, logs, exact messages, > etc.) well, the exact error given by diskdrake would help (find it at install on console 3) the partition tables would help too.
