OK, further thinking and I realise the content on the drive is probably my i386 dir, so I still have no idea what's going on. I might take this laptop home and try to find more out.
Tim Bates wrote: > Falko Trojahn wrote: > >> Well, I've uploaded another 2.6.17 cvs version with parted 1.6.22 >> which I have in use here: >> http://www.smi-softmark.de/unattendedcvs/unattended-cvs-2.6.17.tar.bz2 >> >> What I recently had was an Compaq Evo N800c with the famous NTLDR >> message, and when I reactivated the line >> format_cmd="format /y /z:seriously /q /u /a /v: c:" >> which hadn't been needed IMHO since I use parted to format the drive >> - - the NTLDR message was gone. >> > Unfortunately this version still didn't work. And we already have the > format line there. > I just did another run, but this time edited the doit.bat before it "did > it". I took the last line off so setup didnt start, then I continued. I > saw the format happen, then as expected, I dropped to a DOS style > prompt. Hit CTRL+ALT+DEL and the laptop rebooted, and I started up my > favorite partition manager. > It lists one ~60GB FAT32 partition as a primary and active. > The MBR has an unknown IPL (which I assume is the FreeDOS one). > There are no errors listed anywhere... > BUT - There is more than 600MB used on that partition apparently. This > shouldn't be the case since the format should have removed it. I have a > suspicion that the format isn't happening for some reason. > > Tim Bates > > ********************************************************************** > This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain > privileged information or confidential information or both. If you > are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. > ********************************************************************** > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > unattended-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info > > ********************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. ********************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
