In your first post, yopu mentioned PartitionMagic. Try creating, the formatting
the Linux partition(s) with PM (presuming you have the full PM v4.x). If
anything can do it, PM should be able to, else try fips.
Ernie
On Mon, 01 Nov 1999,Karen M. Heiby wrote:
| I have had someone else email me from the newsgroup, saying that the Mandrake
| installation's re-formatting process also did not work... Any insight into
| this? Here's what he wrote:
|
|
| > I have had the same thing happen several months ago. The regular
|
| > format did not clean the partition. To make sure it is clean, do
| a
| > "check for errors" when formatting. This will take a longer
| time.>
|
| > It was the strangest thing. I had got past the format and had
| selected
| > packages to be installed, when the computer seized up. I was
| worried
| > about one ext2 partition that I had not formatted to make sure
| it was
| > still ok. I ran tomsrbt and found my entire linux still intact.
| The
| > three partitions I asked to be partitioned (I even watched the
| display
| > and drive lights working) were still there.
|
| > I also was able to view them from Windows with "explore2fs"
|
|
| Just wondering, because I tried this in addition to everything else I mentioned
| before, and it did not work (during installation, checking the option to format
| hda2, my Linux native partition).
|
| Thanks for the help,
| Karen
|
|
|
|
| Bero wrote:
|
| > On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote:
| >
| > > > Ok first off, if you allow it to format the drive during install it's
| > > > gone, not sorta gone but gone, it would cost big money to retieve even a
| > > > small piece...
| > >
| > > I tell it to format my Linux native partition but I swear it's keeping stuff.
| >
| > Can't happen. Unless of course you're using several partitions and
| > formatting only one of them.
| >
| > > > > GAIM (AOL Instant Messenger clone) is retaining my contact list
| > >
| > > > Knowing AOL they don't trust you to keep track of your Buddies, so they
| > > > store it on the server..
| > >
| > > No, this can't be the case.
| >
| > It is the case. Try installing gaim on another machine and you'll see you
| > have the contact list there too.
| >
| > > I also have Windows 98 and every time I reinstall
| > > AOL IM, I have to re-add buddies.
| >
| > That's because their own implementation of their protocol is quite broken.
| >
| > LLaP
| > bero
