On 2 Nov, Jon Biddell wrote: > I've had this problem when trying to dual-boot a WinME system (word of warning - > DON'T DO IT ! It involves swearing, blood and LOTSA agro !!). > > In fact, the Linux partitions that Partition Magic (at least up to 5.0) create > are non-comparable with Linux's fdisk / fips as well. > > Solution ? Apart from the obvious, I have not looked into it much further.
He only installed Linux because he's been having enormous trouble with the 40Gb HDD under Windows ME - so much so that he thought the drive was faulty. But after an exhaustive scan of the disc, it reported no errors. So he installed Linux over the top of ME and it was rock solid. So it suggests that all the hardware is fine. Then, when he went to put Windows back, he couldn't! The Linux install prevented the Windows install from working. I know the solution, though: run Linux. :-) (Actually, I hear that Windows can cope if you use Linux's fdisk to delete the partitions first.) luke -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
