I have had someone else email me from the newsgroup, saying that the Mandrake
installation's re-formatting process also did not work... Any insight into
this? Here's what he wrote:
> I have had the same thing happen several months ago. The regular
> format did not clean the partition. To make sure it is clean, do
a
> "check for errors" when formatting. This will take a longer
time.>
> It was the strangest thing. I had got past the format and had
selected
> packages to be installed, when the computer seized up. I was
worried
> about one ext2 partition that I had not formatted to make sure
it was
> still ok. I ran tomsrbt and found my entire linux still intact.
The
> three partitions I asked to be partitioned (I even watched the
display
> and drive lights working) were still there.
> I also was able to view them from Windows with "explore2fs"
Just wondering, because I tried this in addition to everything else I mentioned
before, and it did not work (during installation, checking the option to format
hda2, my Linux native partition).
Thanks for the help,
Karen
Bero wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote:
>
> > > Ok first off, if you allow it to format the drive during install it's
> > > gone, not sorta gone but gone, it would cost big money to retieve even a
> > > small piece...
> >
> > I tell it to format my Linux native partition but I swear it's keeping stuff.
>
> Can't happen. Unless of course you're using several partitions and
> formatting only one of them.
>
> > > > GAIM (AOL Instant Messenger clone) is retaining my contact list
> >
> > > Knowing AOL they don't trust you to keep track of your Buddies, so they
> > > store it on the server..
> >
> > No, this can't be the case.
>
> It is the case. Try installing gaim on another machine and you'll see you
> have the contact list there too.
>
> > I also have Windows 98 and every time I reinstall
> > AOL IM, I have to re-add buddies.
>
> That's because their own implementation of their protocol is quite broken.
>
> LLaP
> bero
