Quoting Ed Burton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I tried to partition with the Rescue disk, then > lost my Win32 MBR. I am using EZ_Bios (installed from > floppy) from Western Digital (I have a new 10.2g WD > drive), so luckily I was able to restore the MBR. My > Award BIOS cannot read above 2gb I wanted a 2gig > partition for Debian (Potato, frozen, downloaded > 8/13/00), but ended up with a new drive under windows > (Drive D #2). Linux rescue still would not allow > me to partition, and says I have 4 partitions already. > Can I UNPARTITION it, then repartition it? The > instructions were not clear which one to partition; > The first primary listed, or the free space. I have > about 8gb free now (though windows98 says the second > HD (partition) is FAT, noncompressed, or FAT16). I > only have One hardrive installed. Should I use Win98 > fdisk to fix the partition, then Re-run rescue from > dos?
I think you are in danger of losing the contents of your disk. I wouldn't do anything until you've received AND understood some expert advice. Unfortunately I don't have time to do this myself at the moment (and I'm no expert). Sorry. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
