-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, tester wrote:
Civileme! Isn't possible that using a third party program (like Norton System Works) the windows swap file is located at the end of the disk? This happened to me once! I had to use the 'original' "defrag" [sorry I forgot the real name!] from MS (I know that defrag was bought from Norton!). Ricardo Castanho >This one means that a windows program has placed a non-relocatable >cluster near the end of the disk or that you are using the NTFS >filesystem which we do not write-enable in the install kernel. > >SInce you are running 98 which does not support NTFS, do the disk defrag >and scroll down on the full display--near the bottom you will find one >or more red-marked clusters. > >The solution is non-trivial, Either remove programs one by one and >defrag and try linux after each such removal or install linux on another >large disk with a grub boot, copy all of your windows data over (but not >your installed programs), then scrub windows and go back to fdisk and >set up windows on a smaller primary partition, reinstalling software >then set up linux again on the primary master drive and mount the second >drive to restore the data you wanted to back up. I have done this in >another situation--a rather full 10G disk where Win98 was installed and >the user attempted an XP upgrade, losing mouse and keyboard (both >Microsoft brand hardware products, BTW) in the process. I could not >shrink the winpartition enough to make room for the 2.2G of data he >wanted to rescue, so I used a second disk and a linux install on it, >then scrubbed the first disk after copyiong over the info he wanted. > The clean install of XP still could not see his mouse or keyboard, so >he is running 98 and Mandrake dual boot these days, and he seems very >grateful that linux was able to save his data from an otherwise trashed >situation. > >Civileme > >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > > > > > - -- delivery NOT reliable => [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================== Linux user # 102240 => Machine # 96125 => Seti@home user ========================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Para mais informa��es veja http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjwqug4ACgkQqJymTCNNyXGByQCgrYWSrQna1gn0mAmnRabi/RMr GV4An3DD04wz5YKxBd0tZlrb5G9KwHE1 =Qykl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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