On Thu, 11 May 2000, pfheiss wrote about, Phatlinux Problem:
> Hi,
> I got myself Phatlinux and run into a serious problem. I have sent SOS
> messages to Phatlinux with no response. Therefore I am trying this route.
>
> I tried to install Phatlinux on my second hard disk on which I run my DOS
> programs which is drive D:. For Phatlinux I created a drive E: with 1.4
> GB. I started to install according to instructions into drive e: when may
> be half way the installation aborted claiming drive E: invalid media type.
> Then disaster struck I could not access my drive d: any longer claiming
> the same invalid media type reading drive d:. When I went into W98 on
> drive c: it claimed drive d: is not formatted.
> My question now, how can I recover my for me valuable programs and files
> on DOS drive d:? Is there a program for such purpose?
This sounds like a partition table problem, BUT firstly i or i think i may
say we, (concerning other well informed sources here on this list), would
need to know more about this disto,
1) What sort of filesystem is used. UMSDOS or a normal linux ext2
filesystem.??
2) Did you actually see that programs were being copied onto the H/D ??
or did it fail on the first program (or package) it tried to install.
3) What does Linux fdisk say about the partition table, if you cant use
linux fdisk use DOS fdisk to see what it says, linux fdisk is much more
informative that its DOS partner.
4) Were there ANY other messages you noticed on your screen no matter HOW
trivial they might seem to you.?? Please be spesific if at all possable.
> Peter
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