[newbie] Fat partitions

2001-05-17 Thread linuxmaxx
I can see my FAT32 partitons. I can only see cd-rom cd-writer and floopy. I want to reach my Fat partitons. This is my partition Table 1.Win98 1.7 gigs 2.Backup 5 gigs (I want to use that part for both OS) 3.LM 8 (linux ext2) 4.Linux Swap How can i mount FAT32?

RE: [newbie] FAT partitions

2000-10-24 Thread Dodd Carlton J MSgt 726 ACS/CSG
MMEDIATELY reboot with the floppy and use FIPS before anything gets written to the end of the partition. -Original Message- From: Xavier Chitnis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 5:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] FAT partitions Hi, I am

Re: [newbie] FAT partitions

2000-10-24 Thread pooter in linux
Try reburning you copy again... I've had that problem once before. the next time i installed it worked fine. also, first you might want to grab a disk manager. use it to delete that partition. i.e. maxblast, ontrac, or western digital, fujitsu. if that dont cure it, then reburn. Xavier Chitnis

[newbie] FAT partitions

2000-10-23 Thread Xavier Chitnis
Hi, I am attempting my first installation of Mandrake 7.1 and have hit a problem. I burned the ISO files to CD, and boot from the installation CD. I am asked to select my language etc. However, when I get to the disk partition stage, it says my partition table is too corrupted to be read. If I

Re: [newbie] FAT partitions

2000-10-23 Thread Michael Lueck
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:11:43 +0100, Xavier Chitnis wrote: owever, when I get to the disk partition stage, it says my partition table is too corrupted to be read. If I select Automatic partitioning, it doesn't seem to realise there is a FAT partition that needs to be resized. Sounds like M$ has

Re: [newbie] FAT partitions

2000-10-23 Thread chronos
Hi xavier- I used partition magic and its fine, granted you will probably have to reboot in safemode to uninstall partition magic as it locks itself into a loop. Also youll need to edit the autoexec.bat and config.sys as my machine got stuck in the dos loop. But after that and running scandisk

Re: [newbie] FAT partitions

2000-10-23 Thread Larry Marshall
I used partition magic and its fine, granted you will probably have to reboot in safemode to uninstall partition magic as it locks itself into a loop. Also youll need to edit the autoexec.bat and config.sys as my machine Huh? I've never had Partition Magic lock up on me. These days,