Re: Red Hat 6.2

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From: lsunley
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 03:57

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On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 23:52:57, James Moe <sma@rtd.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Mike Stephen wrote:
> > 
> > [...] 
> > After booting up the CDROM, I went through most of the install
> > with no problems until I came to the Druid for the drives.  I
> > have rarely seen such a poorly described procedure. This is why
> > Linux is abhorred by a great many computer users.
> > [...]
> >
>     I, too, had trouble with the linux fdisk/druid/whatever. The problem
> was that both the linux and os2 fdisk's either incorrectly wrote the
> partition parameters, or were unable to repair them. I think it was
> linux fdisk that messed it up; os2 fdisk just complained and refused to
> even try to repair the mess.
>     I ended up getting a DOS-based (!) program that could both locate
> the error and correct it. Sheesh!
> 
> 

I too had this happen and was able to pin it down to the Linux Disk 
Druid. The Linux FDISK will work OK and the OS/2 FDISK will work but 
Disk Druid will scamble the partition information.

At the time I used a DOS 6.2 FDISK to delete all the partitions but I 
believe the DFSEE utility available on http://hobbes.nmsu.edu file 
name is dfsee332.zip will also be able to repair the damages or at 
lest allow you to kill the offending partition entries... (runs on 
DOS, OS/2 and Windows XX ) Best disk utility I've ever seen.

-- 
Lorne Sunley

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