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I have just made a major goof and need help.  I was trying to install
Linux onto a Fat 32 partition.  I used the Fat32.i boot disk and the
umsdos.gz root disk.  I tried to run setup and got the you must designate
a linux native drive error. I used fdisk and set my drive as dos 16>32Mb.
I didn't realize that this would*up my partition table.  Now when I
boot with a win95 osr2 floppy and run fdisk it shows the drive as being
fat16>32M.  I cannot boot from the c: anymore.  I can boot using the linux
boot disks and read my hard drive, even the dos stuff.  I need to know how
to tell the hard disk that it is actually a fat32 partition so I can boot
the machine.  Linux fdisk does not have the option of specifying this
partition type.  Win95 fdisk wants me to wipe out the partition before
changing.  Any suggestions as to my options would be greatly appreciated.

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Jeremy Martin
e-mail me at martin "at" pulsar.cs.wku.edu

One Word : ooooppppssssss. I can only think of one thing that <may> fix the
Master Boot Record. just run fdisk off your OSR2 boot floppy, and when it asks
for large HD support respond YES. If that doesn't work, you might try "chkdsk
/f", but that will likely remove LILO from the MBR. If those don't work. Well,
the dreadful 'format c:' is probably your only bet.

Ryan Moore

Quote:>I have just made a major goof and need help.  I was trying to install
>Linux onto a Fat 32 partition.  I used the Fat32.i boot disk and the
>umsdos.gz root disk.  I tried to run setup and got the you must designate
>a linux native drive error. I used fdisk and set my drive as dos 16>32Mb.
>I didn't realize that this would*up my partition table.  Now when I
>boot with a win95 osr2 floppy and run fdisk it shows the drive as being
>fat16>32M.  I cannot boot from the c: anymore.  I can boot using the linux
>boot disks and read my hard drive, even the dos stuff.  I need to know how
>to tell the hard disk that it is actually a fat32 partition so I can boot
>the machine.  Linux fdisk does not have the option of specifying this
>partition type.  Win95 fdisk wants me to wipe out the partition before
>changing.  Any suggestions as to my options would be greatly appreciated.

>--

>Jeremy Martin
>e-mail me at martin "at" pulsar.cs.wku.edu

: to tell the hard disk that it is actually a fat32 partition so I can boot
: the machine.  Linux fdisk does not have the option of specifying this
: partition type.  Win95 fdisk wants me to wipe out the partition before
: changing.  Any suggestions as to my options would be greatly appreciated.

The partition type is 11 or b (hex), this should fix it, if you haven't
clobbered the remaining file system...

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