the problem has been solved. thanx.
managed to reinstall from the CD and deleted the partitions using cfdisk.
On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Balaji Srinivasan wrote:
> Hi Rishi..
>
> The msdos fdisk can't recognise the Linux partitions so you need the
> linux version of fdisk or DiskDruid, another partitioning utility.
> U'r probably using the PcQuest or Chip Redhat Distribution. So, go to
> the bios and change it to boot from the CDROM. Put ur cd and run install.
> Now choose Disk-Druid to set up the partitions. From here you will be able
> to delete the partitions.
> If the BIOS does not let you boot from the CD directly you will have to
> create boot-disk. Check out the instructions on the CD itself.
> Hope this helps you.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rishikesh Tembe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 1:42 AM
> Subject: Re: Bit out of subject but urgent!!!!
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> My problem is a bit similar.
> initially, i had installed win95 on a 1.2 gb partition (primary
> dos) and linux on the remainder of the disk( of a 2.1 gb hard disk). now,
> in true fashion, win95 crashed. so i decided to upgrade to win98. so i
> have win98 on my primary dos partition but the 813 mb where RH 5.0 was
> installed appears as a secondary dos partition ( in msdos fdisk).
> before the crash, i had three partitions viz.
> primary dos 1.2 gb
> non dos (linux native)
> non dos (linux swap)
> how did this change occur?
> also now i can't delete the secondary dos partition! since i have
> installed win98 i can't use linux fdisk. how do i recover the 813 mb?
> msdos fdisk says there are logical drives in the sec. partition but it
> doesn't display any info abt them nor can i delete it. HELP!!
>
>
> On Thu, 1 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > I am using a pentium MMX with 2.1 gb hard disk.Ipartitioned the
> disk
> > and loaded linux in one partition and dos in the windows 98 in the other
> > ....after some days b'coz of some reasons windows got crash as a result
> of
> > that I deleted the whole partition (win and linux )and formatted the
> whole
> > hard disk after formatting I made two partition 1)for primary dos with
> > 1.2gb and 2)extented dos with remaining space.But When I am trying to
> > delete the extented dos partition it is not getting deleted by saying
> > "extented dos partition can not be deleted when logic drives exists"
> .But
> > I have deleted all logical drives an dfound that there exists no logical
> > drives ( even in display of partitions it says there is no logic drive
> > exists )....Please tell me how to delete the extented dos partition in
> this
> > condition.
> > second problem is ...my hard disk shows around 3MB bad sectors
> > while formatting ...I think these are software bad sectors only Please
> tell
> > me how to remove these bad sectors ........Or how to block it so that I
> can
> > load the software safely
> > thanks in advance
> >
> >
> >
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