sorry, jumping in late... can you boot from your mandrake CD, then update your system. that should allow you to repartition and reformat you partitions.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 5:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] resizing partitions mishap On Monday 04 March 2002 13:44, you wrote: > > Jeff, when you set up the partition did you format it? there is a button > > on the gui to format. If you didn't it won't see the partition as > > usable. HTH > > Actually, I did think of that afterwards. So that would be the problem > with the swap, maybe not the new partition though. I think I may have > formated it. In either case is there anyway to jump in and stop Linux from > mounting them so I can format them? > > Thanks > Jeff Oh man, I have not figured that out, someone with more wizdom than I needs to jump in here. I think it starts with using the first CD and hitting F1 at the splash screen and getting into rescue mode but after that I'm not sure what to do. A little help here, please. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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