On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 09:45, ben wrote: > On Saturday 05 October 2002 12:32 am, Peter Whysall wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 19:43, Kourosh Ghassemieh wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 07:30:47PM +0100, jerry k wrote: > > > > Kourosh wrote: > > > > > One thing you may want to try is to use W2K's disk management > > > > > tools to delete the last partitioan, i.e. G:, then reboot > > > > > so that it is no longer recognized as drive G: in Windows. > > > > > That should clear up the problem with Explorer trying to > > > > > read the G: drive. > > > > > > > > This won't affect the debian data on G:? I'll try it after the base > > > > install. It's very annoying having to deal with this kind of thing > > > > from windows, i guess it knows i'm trying to ditch it and is playing > > > > the jealous lover (stalker, more like!) > > > > > > > > Thank's! > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > Back up your data before deleting partitions!!! > > > > > > I'm sure there is a way to tell Windows to ignore an already created > > > partition by editing the registry but I don't know how. > > > > > > My suggestion to delete the partition in W2K _will_ cause all data to be > > > erased and will require a re-install of Debian. > > > > You don't need to edit the registry. > > > > Simply use Disk Manager (right-click My Computer->Manage, Logical disk > > manager service) to remove the drive letter from drive G:. > > > > This process will not affect the data on the partition. > > > > this definitely has nada to do with debian. there's a point in time where > even the most considerate advice outlives its place on this list. you've hit > it, you win-nazis.
Excuse me, but I think that preventing someone from inadvertently nuking their whole Debian installation might have something to do with Debian. > do i have to wait for someone else to invoke godwin's law, or is this enough? Godwin's Law is misunderstood, as you quite clearly demonstrate. Regards Peter. -- Peter Whysall [EMAIL PROTECTED] The TLD in my email address is sdrawkcab. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 sid -- kernel 2.4.18 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
