On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 08:33, Hansen Loke wrote: > Then thats very interesting! 'Cause before installing linux E: was FAT32, > and during installation I chose to format that partition into ext3 so that > linux could reside in it. Yet after the installation I found that windows > 2000 can see it but couldn't access it. Moreover, everytime I start W2000 > it says something about checking drive for inconsistency on E: and that it > expects E: to be FAT32. > > And like I said in the earlier post, that Windows 98 couldn't see it but > Windows 2000 could. I > just thought that Windows 2000 is trying to detect it but failed. At the > moment it still takes about 10mins to boot up Windows 2000. For some > reasons it just stays at the login screen (without the login box, just blue > background) for ages.
Since we don't want you to throw Linux off the machine in frustration, here goes ... NT <=4 and the DOS-based Winowses (1.x/2.x/3.x/9x/ME) automatically assign drive letters to whatever partitions they find at boot time. OTOH, W2K stores its disk letter mappings, so if you add or remove storage devices (or partitions) you have to tell it about the changes. WARNING : I don't know whether the following changes anything vital in the partition in question (or any other partition), so make sure you're well backed-up before trying it. Start -> Settings -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management -> right click on the partition in question -> Change Drive Letter and Path -> Remove > Another dumb problem to be solved is that I couldn't get my Linux to > connect to my ISP. It wouldn't dial out. I've added the modem into the > Network Settings but it wouldn't activate. Have I missed something out > here? I'm using an internal modem. You'll need to give the group more information, starting with what distribution and what modem (brand/model). Cheers, Brian Chatterton Software/Hardware Engineer http://iopen.co.nz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
