Re: [newbie] ARRRRRGH Big stinky MESS!!!! (was : Xwindows and RPMdrake problems}

2002-03-21 Thread Paul Vortex
Thanks!!! :o) PV. - Original Message - From: Jussi Aalto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] ARGH Big stinky MESS (was : Xwindows and RPMdrake problems} > Hi Paul > > There is

Re: [newbie] ARRRRRGH Big stinky MESS!!!! (was : Xwindows and RPMdrake problems}

2002-03-13 Thread Jussi Aalto
Hi Paul There is a way recovering lost/destroyed partition table. When you are done with your partitioning and installing necessary OS'es, do 'fdisk -l /dev/hdX' from command line.With Linux fdisk, not the DOS one (replace X with a for ide1, b ide2 etc.). Then write the output down or print i

Re: [newbie] ARRRRRGH Big stinky MESS!!!! (was : Xwindows and RPMdrake problems}

2002-03-12 Thread Paul Vortex
Bill Winegarden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > Hi, > Been there, done that. I think that you might have been able to recover your > installation with a little more info, tho. > In any case, if you are about to do a fresh install, you might consider > hanging tough for a little while longerLM

Re: [newbie] ARRRRRGH Big stinky MESS!!!! (was : Xwindows and RPMdrake problems}

2002-03-12 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, Been there, done that. I think that you might have been able to recover your installation with a little more info, tho. In any case, if you are about to do a fresh install, you might consider hanging tough for a little while longerLM 8.2 is almost done and I hear it is r

[newbie] ARRRRRGH Big stinky MESS!!!! (was : Xwindows and RPMdrake problems}

2002-03-12 Thread Paul Vortex
Is it just *ME*!?I tried the suggestion for doing an update install of the Mandrake 8.1 andthe whole thing went *HAYWIRE*!For some reason, it still wanted to mess around with *partitions*!   I gotmixed up and must've clicked the wrong button and it destroyed my partitionsset up... Totally un