Rich wrote:
Hi I have run win98 defrag on my c:\ drive, dev/hda1 partition and it has destoyed the ext2 partitions on the same drive. Linux no longer boots, I have tried the rescue system and used e2fsck but it reported that it could not find a valid ext2fs, inode problems etc The partitions affected are /var /usr/local /home /tmp and swap Is this mess recoverable? Other than a re-installation. Many thanksRich
This has happend to me too. Not usinf defrag but while creating a _VERY_ large file. Question, did you use fips to split your partition? It appears that Win9x does not respect the partition table and only 'listens' to the FAT (only when using FAT32??) and happily writes straight across the partition boundaries, flawlessly I must add. The only Windows program I know of that actually reads the Partition Table is WinRAR. Well, I had to reinstall the lot, especcially since the affected partitions were / and /boot :-(((((((( But more important is to solve this once and for all!!! I used a program called partb.exe This is a freeware podos partition and FAT editor and I adjusted the FAT with errors (displayed in red) so they had the correct info on the partitions and all was well. Later I ran Partition Magic 5 and it reported no errors. Maybe it too can solve it but I wanted to actually see what was going on. Good Luck! BB, Arjen -- Sell what you use, use what you sell. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/