Ok first of all i'm using only the command line mode of the Manager to Create/Delete Partitions. I tried to manage partitions on a new HP DL360 G4, with 1...
... Create/Delete Partitions. I tried to manage partitions on a new HP DL360 G4, with 1 logical 72GB disk using a Smart Array 6i. ... locks up at the point...
On one of the Sun Cobalt RaQ4i machines I admin the disk went down and apparently is damaged. It is a one disk linux redhat 6.2 based ext2 filesystem formatted...
... [snip] ... I guess you are right. Dave should refer to "non-beta" version 2.40, last done by Mikhail, which indeed lacks the multi-partition stuff. Muthu...
... Noble goal. Perhaps RPM is not the best tool to achieve this, though. Back in the 1993 timeframe when I first experiment with Linux, I used FIPS to a ...
My best idea would be to rebuild an image of the damaged disk on a larger one, recovering as much original data as possible. Then working on this copy ...
... "You cannot have more than four primary partitions with this version." ... is the difference?) ... Doc Chiron here: I've seen some comments herein that...
I have used PM on four of my computers.I always copy the partition table down on paper and save it.I have recovered from many botched experiments with this...
... does that mean? How do I find out which records are invalid? Doc Chiron here: That message does (and should) appear after creating a FAT partition...
Hi, I'm new here, and am hoping someone here may be able to help me with a partitioning problem. Is it possible to convert an existing partition of type 0b to...
Hi... I'm new to the group, and am hoping someone here might be able to help me with a partition problem. Is it possible to convert a 0b partition to a 0c...
... of type 0C? Doc Chiron here: (not responsible for HDD corruption for any reason.) Yes it is easy to do with any PART24x.EXE . RUN part. Move the highlight...
... table down on paper and save it. I have recovered from many botched experiments with this method.However after a botched attempt of installing Mandrake...
Well Doc that did it.I don't know what time zone your in but I thank you for the quick reply!I failed to mention I was using XOSL as a boot manaqer.The...
This can be answered better than this. I would just like to add all partition managers by default creates 0c partition beyond 1023 clyinders and creates 0b...
Well if you didn't ignore I'd better satisfy your curiosity. I'm trying to get Yahoo groups to behave itself and send me my messages as instructed. Have had...
Hey Doc.... Thanks for your feedback on this issue. ... Thanks for that Doc. It was quick and easy. However I'm sad to report that converting all my 0b...
Hi Charles, I havent had much luck doing the same. From what I've read around, it might have something to do with the hidden system file, boot.ini that gets...
... report that converting all my 0b partitions to type 0c didn't resolve the file system errors I've been seeing... Doc Chiron here: I'm surprised you are not...
... Yeah... With DDO installed, PM's partinfo.exe always reports one too few cylinders. And I see RPM reports that the partition addresses out of range....
... while C: was 0b that it may have caused problems in the FAT32 file system on F:? Doc Chiron here: Proper Defragging of C: should cause NO problems with...
... partitions onto the same HD, and other HDs, for testing new software and as quick backups. I recently used RPM to copy an XP Home partition (NTFS). The...
... the ... [snip] Hi John; No, I'm convinced that boot.ini IS NOT the problem because: 1) When I leave it alone on the copied partition the box will boot up ...
[snip] ... be ... cc: What are you referring to by "required reading"? The readme file, the partition manager FAQ, the partman help file? If so, I have read ...
Hi, Sorry to have missed your post earlier. Problem is with NT5+ in the way it handles drives. You know Windows 9x follows DOS and assigns letters in a...
... I think you may be thinking of MS Defrag, and not MS W98 Scandisk. Defrag makes files occupy contiguous clusters, yes. But my problems were with ...
When I run RPM I delete all partitions; Then I make three partitions. I format them in Fat 32 and save them. When I go to exit I am told that I don't have an...
... partitions. I format them in Fat 32 and save them. When I go to exit I am told that I don't have an active partition. Whay am I not doing right? Do I have...
... I am not sure of the "need". If you delete all partitions, then format 3 brand new partitions, then obviously the disk will have to be mounted as...
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