Thank you for the info. Would it be acceptable to run the script on mdk7.2?
I have managed to get it installed on both of my computers (both of which
have had trouble with this). Since these versions have had problems, maybe I
need to run it on an earlier version? I certainly want to contribute what I
can (I am a programmer, but have no experience writing for the linux OS).
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] DiskDrake???
> On Tuesday 20 March 2001 02:00, you wrote:
> > On 19 Mar 2001 17:33:28 -0700, Rich Chase wrote:
> > > While installing Linux-Mandrake (seems to be multigenerational bug --
> > > also in 7.2 versions), the program halts during package installation
at
> > > seemingly arbitrary points with complaint "no hdlists found". --
> > > Parenthetically, upon subsequent installation of RehHat, to salvage
data
> > > on the disk, I get errors indicating a corrupted partition table.
> > >
> > > Anybody else seeing this error? It has occurred for me with various
> > > system architectures and Mandrake versions.
> > >
> > > Rich Chase
> >
> > I had some (actually a lot) of trouble with a corrupted partition table
> > some time back. Believed to be atrributed to Diskdrake. Had some more
> > recent trouble of the same sort though lesser. First incident was 7.2
> > and corrupted the whole darn thing beyond recovery. The second only
> > hurt one of the ext2 partitions.
>
>
> Both of you please get this script
> http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~civileme/snapshot.sh
>
> and run it on any stable linux and send *snap to me as an attachment.
>
> Civileme
>
>
> It is NOT DiskDrake It is a disk geometry recognition problem in the
kernel.
> Mostly with WD drives and certain VIA Chipsets.
>
