Re: corrupted partion table (data saved!)

2001-11-18 Thread xfornavn xetternavn
-Original Message- From: "Karsten M. Self" Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 13:25:53 -0800 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: corrupted partion table > on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 06:02:40PM +0100, Carel Fellinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 20

Re: corrupted partion table

2001-11-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 06:02:40PM +0100, Carel Fellinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 11:34:02PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > ... > > fdisk *only* modifies the partition table. It's not touching the data > > on it, so you can try combinations without fear. I think (an

Re: corrupted partion table

2001-11-17 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 01:32:52AM +, ben wrote: > > > > > > > The question is, if I run fdisk to redefine the partion table (from a > > > bootable potato cd), will fdisk only touch the sectors where the > > > partion table is installed, or will it wipe out the data on the > > > partions as we

Re: corrupted partion table

2001-11-17 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 11:34:02PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: ... > fdisk *only* modifies the partition table. It's not touching the data > on it, so you can try combinations without fear. I think (and have been > through this, but if anyone knows differently, speak up). Your next No no, it'

Re: corrupted partion table

2001-11-17 Thread ben
> > > > The question is, if I run fdisk to redefine the partion table (from a > > bootable potato cd), will fdisk only touch the sectors where the > > partion table is installed, or will it wipe out the data on the > > partions as well. > > fdisk *only* modifies the partition table. It's not to

Re: corrupted partion table

2001-11-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 09:46:16PM +0800, xfornavn xetternavn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I tried to install a OS called 2000 something along with debian to > help port GNU Solfege. The bootloader is grub. > > Anyway, after formatting the first partion from fat32 to ntfs, and > rebooting after

Re: corrupted partion table

2001-11-16 Thread Paolo Falcone
xfornavn xetternavn wrote: >Anyway, after formatting the first partion from fat32 to ntfs, and rebooting >after the install process hang for 10 minutes, the partion table is corrupted. >Luckily I have a printout for it, so I know the exact cylinder each partion >start and end. The hope is tha

corrupted partion table

2001-11-16 Thread xfornavn xetternavn
Please cc: answers, I have not access to my regular pc right now. I am a debian developer (tca), so if you give advise that you thing will succeed, please attach some bug numbers to missing man pages or anything other booring stuff I can to for you. (I cannot sign the message since I'm not on a