> hi db Hi Dianne!
> it seems that your partition table is already fscked > up ... i would suggest *really* zapping the boot > sector (usually sector 1) that contains partition and > booting info about your disk. > > to delete info on your boot sector as if your disk is > new, boot on rescue mode: How do I do that ... I have not installed any linux yet. Use the mandrake 8.1 CD or the RH 5.1 CD or Boot.img floppy? > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda count=100000 > > where /dev/hda should be replaced with your device. i I guess that would be /dev/hda1 (That's where windows is... ) > dont know how many blocks/sector so to make it safe i > use count=100000. usually that does it for me. It's a 40 gig ATA100 drive ... > after zapping the boot sector, recreate the partitions > and reformat. Thanks for your help. dan
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