[Linux] SuSE 7 Pro partition weirdness...

[Dean Benson]

Carlos,

	Then in that case shouldn't the drive be returned to the manufacturer
as a defect -or- is this a new and improved (I know, oxymoron) drive
technology?  Otherwise, I have the old DOS version of Norton Utilities on floppy
so if you want to try that and perform a low level format and then attempt to
blow the partitions away I can provide the disk images :)

Dean


On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, you wrote: >  > That is exactly the problem.
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Dean Benson [mailto:morbid69@bellsouth.net]
>   Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 6:54 PM
>   To: Carlos M. Echenique; Nick Simicich
>   Cc: Jorge Schmidt P.; linux@flux.org
>   Subject: Re: [Linux] SuSE 7 Pro partition weirdness...
> 
> 
>   I thought that (When I think I get dangerous) there was a smaller limit on
> the number of primary partitions?  Isn't it limited to 4 primary and
> unlimited extended partitions?
> 
>   Dean
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Nick Simicich
>     To: Carlos M. Echenique
>     Cc: Jorge Schmidt P. ; linux@flux.org
>     Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 6:26 PM
>     Subject: Re: [Linux] SuSE 7 Pro partition weirdness...
> 
> 
>     At 10:37 AM 10/13/2000 -0400, Carlos M. Echenique wrote:
>     >>>>
>     Yes the BIOS recognizes the model of the hard drive and can handle the
> capacity. SuSE's partitioning utility reports that there are 8 primary
> partitions and if I try to remove them, it segfaults. Tried the 6.3 version
> too.
>     <<<<
> 
>     I found a good freeware dos partitioning program that allowed me to fix
> my partition type in Windows 98 after a fdisk /MBR wiped it out. Easiest way
> to find it is to do a "yahoo" search for "ranish".
> 
>     See what it reports. I hope this helps.
> 
>     >>>>
> 
> 
>     Carlos
> 
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: <mailto:j.schmidt@satago.com>Jorge Schmidt P.
>       To: <mailto:carlos@echenique.com>Carlos M. Echenique
>       Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 10:17 AM
>       Subject: Re: [Linux] SuSE 7 Pro partition weirdness...
> 
>       Carlos,
> 
>       can the BIOS handle the size of the partitions? Also, have you tried
> using SuSE's partition utility?
> 
>       Jorge
> 
>       At 05:19 PM 10/12/00 -0400, you wrote:
> 
>         Gang:
> 
>         I'm trying to install SuSE 7 Pro on a K6-2 300 w 64MB RAM & 20GB IBM
> HD. When I go to partition the drive manually (I want to set up my own
> partitions and use the Reiser Journalling FS) the machine reports that there
> is an invalid partition table on the drive. It then proceeds to install
> everything in the /boot partition. What do I do? I've booted from a Win98
> floppy and tried fdisk and fdisk /mbr. Still no soap.
> 
>         Frustrated,
> 
>         Carlos
>         Echenique Consulting Service
> 
> 
>     <<<<
> 
> 
> 
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