Jerry Feldman wrote:

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:58:27 +0200 Johan Sch wrote:

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to fix it. I read sometime ago on one of the many lists I belong to not to fix this with PM. There is a linux utility that can fix linux I did not know that. Maybe that explains problems I had in the past

GNU Parted can do this. I personally prefer to boot a standalone Knoppix Just last night I downloaded SystemRescueCD from http://www.sysresccd.org/ It puts all the tools together with a standalone Gentoo system.

As far as the MBR is concerned, the dd command should be able to clear So qtparted would not deal with that? I will save this one in my notes because sooner or later I will need it

Damon Register

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:33:34 -0400 Jerry Feldman writes:

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:58:27 +0200 Johan Sch wrote:

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Hi,

While rsyncing data to my second drive for backup it went into "forever" . the disk light stayed on and the box "hanged". The only recourse was to press the reset switch.

So to be on the safe side I booted with the cdrom rescue system.

Fdsik -l . told me that disk hdg1 , hdg2, hdg3, hdg4 the extended partition did not end on a cylinder. The rest from hdg5 up to hdg11 were OK.

Checking with partition magic 8. I was told there is errors and want to fix it. I read sometime ago on one of the many lists I belong to not to fix this with PM. There is a linux utility that can fix linux partitions. This drive was partitioned with qtparted.

There was also mention that linux utilities exist to reset the mbr and other disk repair operatins. GNU Parted can do this. I personally prefer to boot a standalone Knoppix Cd, and run QTParted.

As far as the MBR is concerned, the dd command should be able to clear it out, but you can also use YaST to install a boot loader. --

What if the partitions are so damaged that knoppix does not even recognize their existance and neither dows qtparted. All I wanted was a larger root so I made one and used tar to make the backups and tried to resore and the partitions were unaccessable. How to you do that with MBR? CWSIV ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today!