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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:15:06 +0000
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sasha)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Best Multi OS Partition Configuration
Did you do a complete format before you started?
When I got the machine from the OEM, it had some stripped down version
of Win98, just command.com and a few other files (no Windows directory).
The hard drive was little more than a boot disk, the OEM probably used
these files for 'burn-in'. It would show the Windows 98 logo at boot-up,
then dropped to a C:\ prompt. Anyhow, I used a Win95 boot floppy to
delete the original partition, then used modified OS/2 Installation
diskettes (modified with files from IDEDASD.EXE)to create & format new
partitions.
When did fdisk report the corruption first?
OS/2's fdisk first reported the corruption after I installed Corel
Linux. After installing OS/2, fdisk and everything else was working
normally. Linux and Partition Magic 5 did not report any errors, only
OS/2's fdisk. I had wondered if OS/2 does not recognize some code that
Linux used while partitioning, like Win95/98 does not recognize extended
attributes (I realize we're talking apples and oranges here, but I hope
you can see the analogy).
Was W9x on the machine and you had to wipe it off before you started?
See above.
Sasha
Cruising on the Gypsy Omega at Warp 4
Member of WARP UK The UK OS/2 User Group
http://www.warp.in-uk.net
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