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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
RE: [newbie] resizing partitions mishap
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fwd: Re: [newbie] resizing partitions mishap
thought I posted this to list... -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] resizing partitions mishap Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 17:48:23 -0600 From: Jeff Quandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 04 March 2002 04:55 pm, you wrote: 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. You are right. I found a good tutor file on Mnadrakeuser.org Here is the URL http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/index.html Have a look there for lots of cool stuff. I ended up booting from cd and getting everything fixed. Thanks all. Jeff --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] resizing partitions mishap
On Sunday 03 March 2002 15:04, you wrote: Ok I used DiskDrake to resize my swap partition and created a new partition, /data, with the extra space. Now when I reboot I get an error and lockup. It says fsck: bad superbolck in /dev/hdb6 (the new partition) I get an option to correct the errors with yes/no selects, but it locks up here. I tried booting in failsafe and nonfb and noticed in the text boot up that when swapon /dev/hdb5 ( my swap partition) is run, it fails with an invalid arguement. Can anyone tell me what I did wrong and how I can fix it? Thanks, Jeff 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 -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
