Re: How did linux corrupt hda1 (C: drive) fat16 filesystem?

2001-02-26 Thread M David Tilson
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Matthew Dalton wrote: > M David Tilson wrote: > > > Tried to cp a file from hda2 (linux) to hda1 (fat16). Now lilo > > cannot find anything on c: to boot. > > You didn't do 'cp foo /dev/hda1', did you? > Probably yes. Is there any way to recover?

How did linux corrupt hda1 (C: drive) fat16 filesystem?

2001-02-23 Thread M David Tilson
- Transcript of session follows - 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Host unknown (Name server: list.debian.org: host not found) Tried to cp a file from hda2 (linux) to hda1 (fat16). Now lilo cannot find anything on c: to boot. If I boot DOS6.2 with bootfloppy, c: looks EMPTY. However, l

Re: newbie trying to run anXious - Thanks to newsgroup

2001-01-16 Thread M David Tilson
Finally gave up and learned how to recompile from disk 4 of 6 in Debian set. It worked! Thanks to Hall and others for trying to help newbie, dave On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 00-12-31 11:31:41 EST, you write: > > << [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [

Re: Xwoes continue: Finally solved. Thanks to newsgroup for help

2001-01-16 Thread M David Tilson
I guess I was trying to run a corrupted binary. I finally figured out how to recompile from source, 4th of 6 cdroms in Debian set; and now gnome comes up. Monitor is not as big as virtual screen. Easy fix? dave On Mon, 1 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 00-12-30 22:08:3

re: Debug X - "could not open default font 'fixed' "

2001-01-09 Thread M David Tilson
It's a "fatal server error" - How to fix? Thanks to all who have been helping me. I'll do my thank you notes next time I am on AOL.