"J. Hunter" wrote:
> In the installation guide, the text very simply states:
> ALL partitions on ALL hard drives will be wiped out when performing the
> server installation.
> Guess before installing an OS one should RTFM.
>
> Bernard Pidoux wrote:
>
> > I have to hard disks on a Pentium pro PC system. Booting Win98 or Linux
> > from different partitions using lilo did not work on both drives. So I
> > decided to have one disk with Win98 and the other with Linux.
> > I was happy I could boot from one disk with Win98 and the other with
> > Linux until I made a new installation of Linux mandrake 6.1 with server
> > class option on /dev/hda. Thes installation was a succes.
> > But while doing this the installation process apparently erased the
> > win98 FATand boot sector on hdc1 hard disk.
> > I am pretty sure the disk has not been formated but I don't know why the
> > installation removed the boot record and the FAT on Win98 drive.
> >
> > Before I re-install Win98 on /dev/hdc, does somebody have any solution
> > to recover the data on the win98 drive ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dr Bernard Pidoux, MD, PhD
> > Assistant Professor
> > Service d'explorations fonctionnelles neurologiques
> > Groupe Hospitalier Pitie-Salpetriere
> > 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hopital
> > 75651 Paris Cedex 13
RTFM, hmm.
Service d'explorations fonctionnelles neurologiques
It really isn't brain surgery (tongue planted firmly in cheek)
Sorry but with all the 3x 4x 5x postings I'm getting a little punchy, so no
offense intended.
(Awe come on guys you KNOW you wanted to say it)
Joe Gardner
