T40.
I attempted to run the orginal ibm recovery disk set on a replacement drive, a
Seagate 160GB. When the recovery CD #1 was run, it generated an error
" 152624MB 20673c 240h63s appears to have partitions created usin a ifferent
drive geometry (25563s). This serious problem can lead to data loss. You should
backup all data, delete partitions...."
After acknowleging the message, the recovery program continued rather than
halted - (I thought it creates new partitions). It also generated a number of
errors, asked me repeatedly if some element was a file or directory. I allowed
it to finish.
In the end it would not boot. Examining the drive in an external enclosure, it
appeared to have my original data and just under 3GB in a partiton named ibm.
When I had earlier partitioned the disk, I left aside 3GB at the start of the
disk to make room for a recovery partition to be loaded later. Obviously this
didn't work.
The drive had previously been used as an external backup, it was working fine
in that regard.
So how should I proceed? I do have a working image on the machine so it's not
an emergency. I'm rebuilding because the old image has developed some
annoyances, as well it might after 7 years. Must I format the replacement disk
in a special way, or must I use a specific size or disk geometry?
tx
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