Hello all!
I need some bigtime help...here's the deal:
I was using partition magic to install mandrake 7.0. I had set up a 800
meg root partition, a 100 meg swap, and a 50 meg boot. However, b/c my
boot partition was past the 1024'th cylinder, the install program told me
I couldn't use it. Not thinking, I used the partitioning program to erase
the /boot partition and resize the swap partition instead of
using partition magic. Realizing my error, I
decided to just fdisk everything and start over fresh (I had wanted to
format my computer for a while anyways.) BUT, I can't delete the extended
non-dos partition (the linux one.) fdisk says there are logical drives in
the partition, so it can't delete it. however, upon closer review it says
there aren't any drives in the partition! and doing delete non-dos
partition doesn't work either, since fdisk doesn't think it is a non-dos
partition...argh. Desperate, I tried to use the PM rescue disc, but all
it did was tell me I have overlapping partitions.
so next, I used fips from DOS on the linux CD...nope. errors in the
partition table, abnormal exit.
getting frantic, I've now tried to load up linux and use disk druid, but I
can't get it to boot off the CD...the boot fails.
Does anyone have any suggestions? please? I'm getting desperate
here! (oh, and the autoboot off the CD won't help either b/c I have a
UDMA66 drive, and autoboot puts me right into the install program (no
chance for me to type in the ide0=a, b+2 stuff.)
HELP!!!!!
Dave
