"Craig Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sorry, I should make myself clearer..
>
> I have a Ext2 drive already formatted, and containing an existing /home
> directory. When installing Mandrake, diskdrake detected this drive as VFAT.
> If I asked DiskDrake to recognise the drive as ext2, then it asks to
> reformat the drive
why don't you just uncheck the box (if it is at the `choose partitions to
format' step)
seems like your partition table indicates fat partition. Just change it using
``Type'' action in diskdrake in expert...
if it doesn't help, as i'm really dumb, could tell exactly what action you're
doing? :)