RE: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

2001-08-08 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
and you do not have a 80 conductor cable, you'll end up with a lot of errors.. -JMS -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Greg TaylorSent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 2:01 AMTo: Linux-NewbieSubject: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems

Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

2001-08-08 Thread Robin Ballantine
On Wednesday 08 August 2001 2:00 am, you wrote: I'm not sure if I just have really bad luck when it comes to harddrives, but it seems that every time I install any flavor of *nix on a drive that was formerly Winblows, I can't turn around and reinstall windows on the drive again without it

Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

2001-08-08 Thread James S Bear
Last time I said this, a lot of people yelled at me, but download a utility from the drive manufacturer and do a low-level format. jim Quoting Greg Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm not sure if I just have really bad luck when it comes to harddrives, but it seems that every time I install any

Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

2001-08-08 Thread X - A - W - K
Subject: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux I'm not sure if I just have really bad luck when it comes to harddrives, but it seems that every time I install any flavor of *nix on a drive that was formerly Winblows, I can't turn around and reinstall windows on the drive again without

Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

2001-08-08 Thread Sevatio
and this is the response I received from Powerquest Partition Magic's tech-support. Sevatio Original Message On 8/8/01, 6:28:51 AM, Robin Ballantine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux: On Wednesday 08 August 2001 2:00 am, you wrote: I'm

Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

2001-08-08 Thread tazmun
I'm not 100% sure I understand your problem correctly, but no where in this text do you mention running DOS fdisk command to resetup DOS partitions for windows support. I'm not that familiar with the linux form of fdisk but at least in the GUI disk convertors while they do a great job for linux

RE: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

2001-08-08 Thread Charles A Edwards
] Subject: Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux Yes, if you're going to use Diskdrake to set up your HD, you CANNOT go back in and resize it with Partition Magic. They are different enough to result in mysterious data loss over a period of time and eventually, you'll end up losing

Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

2001-08-08 Thread Marcia Waller
Dear All, I agree about using System Commander. I had my hard disk totally go bad 2 weeks ago and then put in a new one. I almost used fdisk to partition but last minute I decided to try my System Commander. It worked absolutely great. I was very impressed. I am up and running now without a

RE: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

2001-08-08 Thread Charles A Edwards
PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 2:38 PM To: Charles A Edwards; Newbie (E-mail) Subject: Re: [newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux Dear All, I agree about using System Commander. I had my hard disk totally go bad 2 weeks ago and then put in a new one. I almost used

[newbie] Hard-Drive Problems after using Linux

2001-08-07 Thread Greg Taylor
I'm not sure if I just have really bad luck when it comes to harddrives, but it seems that every time I install any flavor of *nix on a drive that was formerly Winblows, I can't turn around and reinstall windows on the drive again without it not working or being awfully unstable. I'm not

RE: [newbie] Hard drive problems

2000-07-06 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
"man hdparm" -JMS |-Original Message- |From: Steve Elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 4:30 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] Hard drive problems | | |Hiya all, | I have a problem with HD acces

RE: [newbie] Hard drive problems

2000-07-06 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
: Steve Elliott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 4:30 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] Hard drive problems | | |Hiya all, | I have a problem with HD access with 7.1. | It was a fresh install of the 2 IsO cd set. I had w98 |installed

Re: [newbie] hard drive problems

1999-08-11 Thread Joao C Agostini
Hi I have the same problem and I didn't update anything. I bought my Mandrake 6.0 (Venus) in CheapBytes. Is it necessary to update some thing to avoid that? If yes, which are the files and where do I catch them? Thank you. Bernhard Rosenkraenzer ha scritto: On Mon, 9 Aug

[newbie] hard drive problems

1999-08-09 Thread Bert Bullough
Ok, this really sucks. My hard drive isn't unmounting properly when i shut down. Each time i reboot or halt the system it gives me a message usually like "/dev/hda2/ device or resource busy." When i start the system back up this causes a check to be forced. It has typically found .5%

Re: [newbie] hard drive problems

1999-08-09 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Bert Bullough wrote: Ok, this really sucks. My hard drive isn't unmounting properly when i shut down. By any chance, are you using Mandrake 6.0-1 without having updated the kernel and initscripts package? LLaP bero -- Tired of waiting for Windows 2000? STOP