Did I post to the wrong list? Did I miss an obvious FAQ? My problem
seems to be Mandrake 7-specific, and v7 FAQ isn't incomplete.
Maybe my question's just too puerile, but if someone could at least
point me in the right direction?
thanks,
-Tim
Tim Hammerquist wrote:
>
> First, I apologize if this mail reaches the wrong box. The welcome message for
> the list ended abruptly without giving info on submitting... =)
>
> Here's my scenario:
>
> Running Win98SE on bottom 10GB of 20GB hard drive.
> Installed Mandrake 6.1 on upper 10GB last December. Worked beautifully. =)
> Bought Mandrake 7 Complete and formatted and installed over 6.1 (didn't
> upgrade).
> Mandrake 7 will not mount the DOS/FAT32 partition (at boot or otherwise). It
> gives the error "/dev/hda1 has invalid major or minor...". Everything listed in
> /dev under hda lists major number as 3 and minor number corresponding to
> partition. Kernel is located on /dev/hda3, FAT32 (LBA) on /dev/hda1. I normally
> boot from my config.sys using loadlin.exe, but /dev/hda1 can't be mounted even
> if I use the boot disk.
>
> Now when I went back to install 6.1 which worked fine before, it crashes during
> formatting /dev/hda3 as ext2.
>
> Has anyone had this problem? Is there a fix/patch/easy explanation, or do I have
> to backup my hd and reformat all partitions from scratch?
>
> BTW: Win98 on /dev/hda1 still works; no problems.
>
> TIA,
> -Tim
