Paolo, PM reports this error when it is not really an error. You will always get it. (Have a look in the archives as there was a big discussion on this a while back). If you want to re-install Linux just put CD 1 in the drive and start again. My personal opinion is to not use PM at all. You can do all the partitioning through diskdrake. If you are happy with the current partition table you can just install over the top of the old install. As for the MBR I will leave that to one of my more knowledgeable list friends to answer as I never have had to deal with it.
Tony. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tavazzani Paolo Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] After installing 10.0 Partition Magic from XP says that the partition di damaged Hi Tony, thanks for the suggestion. I must admit that, having installed the Linux partition just yesterday I could loose it and re-install without too many troubles. What I'm worried about is that, if PM is right, something crazy like a partition overlapping has happened and I could end up, when filling one of the two partitions, with trashing the other one and loosing some meaningful data. BTW, how have you solved the problem? While we are at it, If I should decide to re-install Linux from scratch, which is the best way to get rid of LILO and reset the XP boot process? Are the XP utilities to fix MBR OK? Thanks Paolo -----Original Message----- From: Tony S. Sykes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: lunedà 22 marzo 2004 15.03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] After installing 10.0 Partition Magic from XP says that the partition di damaged Paolo, Ignore the error message from PM, if you try and fix it you can hose your Linux installation (I did a long time ago). Tony. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tavazzani Paolo Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 1:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] After installing 10.0 Partition Magic from XP says that the partition di damaged Hi all, Sorry if I re-post, but the original message had no subject :-( I've just installed Mandrake 10.0 on my PC. The system has two disks, on disk 1 I just left the original Windows Xp partition, on disk 2 (bigger and faster) I have freed some 11gb from XP with Partition Magic. I've installed Mandrake 10.0 in expert mode, I got it to install in the free space, making two partitions: one of 10gb for '/' and a 1gb swap partition. Result after partitioning: 70GB NTFS - 10GB Ext3 - 1GB Swap Installation went OK. Now I can access with LILO both the XP installation and the Mandrake one and everything works fine. The main problem I have is that if I launch Partition Magic from XP, PM shwos for disk 2 with a single partition and says it is a damaged one. I suspect some partition overlap but I'm not sure on how to move.... Any suggestion? Thanks -------------------------------------------- Paolo Tavazzani Fastweb S.p.A. Via Caracciolo 51 20155 Milano Phone: +39 02 4545 4892 Mobile: +39 348 3673 626 Fax: +39 02 4545 4811 <<Paolo Tavazzani (E-mail).vcf>> -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have recieved it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have recieved it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com
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