1) Can you delete all of the partitions except the first ( windows C: ) and then commit the changes to disk or will that fail also ? You can always abort the install and then restart the install later.
2) During the install, can you use one of the other vitual consoles to execute the fdisk command and modify the partition table that way ? 3) If those failed, I would temporarily install this drive in a Linux box, (or make this drive a slave and add a small temp drive to this box as master to put a temp linux install on) and then try cfdisk, fdisk or sfdisk, in that order on it. This might be a good job for the Linuxcare Bootable Business Card (BBC) assuming the box boots ok from CDROM ... Be sure to read the man pages for these tools before using. db wrote: > I'm not sure who is following this string but I have apparently fouled up > the boot sector of the partition table while partitioning with Mandrake > 8.1's Diskdrake and cannot procede with adding Mandrake 8.1 and Redhat 5.1 > partitions my HD which presently contains a windows98 partition. (40G, ATA > 100 HD ... I have no ATA100 controllers ... just EIDE). > > Upon launching Diskdrake, it announces it is having problems reading the > partition table and warns about proceeeding and then when I go ahead and > delete all partitions except the windows partition and add others, it will > not format the partitions. So I am stuck. > > Someone has advised getting and using XOSL boot manager because it has a > superior disk partitioner and others have given me mixed reviews about > buying Partition Magic. I might go try one of these methods if there is not > a more direct method but they both seem a little round about and may not > work anyway. I think Diskdrake would still work for me if I can clear up > the partition table. I believe I just unfortunately erred though ignorance > while using it and caused the corruption/problem and can avoid that next > time. > > If anyone could tell me or direct me to information on how I repair/clean up > the boot sector/partition table, I would greatly appreciate the advice. I'm > not sure what to do. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Kevin O'Connor "People will be free to devote themselves to activities that are fun ... The GNU Manifesto - Copyright (C) 1985, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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