At 03:43 PM 5/11/00 +0000, Richard Adams wrote [in part]:
>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,
Richard asked the right preliminary questions. Having checked a bit, I have
a slightly more specific question.
Phatlinux is distributed as a large (~190 mB) .zip file, from which I infer
it is loadlin-based. It is also sold on CD. (BTW, the Phatlinux site,
www.phatlinux.com, says its support address helps only people who bought and
registered the CD. Are you using a registered CD, Peter?)
So ... what do you mean, Peter, by "half way the installation"? Do you mean
un-zip'ing the file to \phat\ ? Or were you folloing the README instructions
for what to do after it's unzipped?
If the first, that's happening under DOS or Windows, not Linux ... we won't
be much help on that.
If the second, you'll need to be a lot more specific about what you were
doing. What "did the README tell you to do, and what happened just before
the "invalid media type" message appeared?
Of course, some Phatlinux user may read your inquiry here and be able to
help without all this additional information. I don't think any of the list
"regulars" use Phat, though.
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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