Thanks!!! :o) PV.
----- Original Message ----- From: Jussi Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ARRRRRGH Big stinky MESS!!!! (was : Xwindows and RPMdrake problems} > Hi Paul > > There is a way recovering lost/destroyed partition table. When you > are done with your partitioning and installing necessary OS'es, do > 'fdisk -l /dev/hdX' from command line.With Linux fdisk, not the DOS one > (replace X with a for ide1, b ide2 etc.). Then write the output down or > print it. That way you have something to start with if the tables get > "lost" again. Remember to update the info if you modify the partitions > after installation. For recovery you have to have somekind of media to > run Linux from, a rescue floppy or rescue-CD. For example the Mandrake > installation CD includes rescue mode IIRC. That is of course if the BIOS > supports bootable CD-ROMs. > > I have used this method couple of times with success, once Window$ > decided it's not happy with current partitions and ate the partition > table. So I booted Linux (with floppy) from the other hard disk and > restored the partition table with the info provided by fdisk. > > The important sections from fdisk -l output are Device, Boot, Start, End, > Id and System. 'man fdisk' for additional info. > > Cheers, > J. > > On Wednesday 13 March 2002 05:37, you wrote: > > Is it just *ME*!? > > > > I tried the suggestion for doing an update install of the Mandrake 8.1 > > and the whole thing went *HAYWIRE*! > > > > For some reason, it still wanted to mess around with *partitions*! I > > got mixed up and must've clicked the wrong button and it destroyed my > > partitions set up... Totally unrecoverable!... My regular windows boot > > couldn't even *see* the C:\ drive! > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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