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Can't run FDISK anymore.  Run it and it just freezes with a blinking cursor,
with hard drive light on after I installed Red Hat.  I can run Disk Druid
and see app partitions.  Tried re-SYSing C: (to get rid of LILO), still
doesn't work.

Is this a common thing - unable to read partition tables?  I need to add
another DOS partition, but can't now.  What's up?

Thanks

I'm new to Linux, but I found problems with installing Win95/Linux6. It seems
that all the "utilities" with my Linux package would create partitions, but
would not assign "logical" drives -- things that DOS needs --hence, DOS-FDISK
wouldn't work.

Thank goodness I been around long enough to have a old copy of Western
Digital's Disk Manager (dm.exe) that worked with my drives. If you don't have
WD drives, I would bet that your driver's manufacture has a similar utility,
or there is another utility program around. (Someone out there must know of
one).

I know that this doesn't give you a solution, but at least you know you're not
alone. :) You MIGHT try the FIPS.EXE to see if it will "restore" what you
need. Also, as per Mandrake's Linux package says, use FDISK with the master
boot record resotrer (i.e. FDISK /mbr).

Luck.

John S.

|>Can't run FDISK anymore.  Run it and it just freezes with a blinking cursor,
|>with hard drive light on after I installed Red Hat.  I can run Disk Druid
|>and see app partitions.  Tried re-SYSing C: (to get rid of LILO), still
|>doesn't work.
|>
|>Is this a common thing - unable to read partition tables?  I need to add
|>another DOS partition, but can't now.  What's up?
|>
|>Thanks

I had this same problem with Win 98 and RedHat 5.2, but had been
mucking around with the partition tables with both Partition Magic 4.0
and Linux fdisk so can't say I know what actually caused the problem.
I could read the partition tables with Linux fdisk or PM 4.0, but FDISK.EXE
would just hang the system.

When I installed RedHat 6.0 I wanted to change my partition table layout
so backed up my user files, deleted all the Linux partitions, and started
from scratch.  The Disk Druid in RH 6.0 worked OK (the one in RH 5.2
didn't) on my 10 Gb HDD so I used it.  I can now at least read the DOS
partition with the DOS FDISK.EXE.

Had the same problem, to get rid of lilo boot, use fdisk /mbr then try
again.

I had this same problem with 5.1 several months ago.  fdisk /mbr didn't
work.  In fact, it destroyed my linux partition. To fix the problem, I
had to reload linux, run the command to remove lilo (I can't remember
what it is anymore), fdisk the drive and install Win9.x. I didn't have
time to fiddle with linux for a while so I didn't bother to reinstall
it.

Quote:> Had the same problem, to get rid of lilo boot, use fdisk /mbr then try
> again.

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Quote:> Can't run FDISK anymore.  Run it and it just freezes with a blinking
cursor,
> with hard drive light on after I installed Red Hat.  I can run Disk Druid
> and see app partitions.  Tried re-SYSing C: (to get rid of LILO), still
> doesn't work.

> Is this a common thing - unable to read partition tables?  I need to add
> another DOS partition, but can't now.  What's up?

> Thanks

Windoze 95/98 FDISK is blind to many partition types.  I doubt if it can
actually see NTFS.  Linux FDISK is happy with various types.  I had the
same problem with installing OS/2.  Windowze FDISK messed up the MBR each
time.  You have to install Windoze first, and then NOT use Windoze FDISK,
rather use diskdruid,cfdisk or FDISK of linux, otherwise you can waste many
hours of your time to get nowhere.

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the best thing u kan do is install lilo in the linux partiton and activate
it
then add a line to the lilo to make the win-histeria bootable from linux

mi lilo is...
image = [ blah  blah ]
[blah]
[blah]

other = /dev/hda2   [mi win-don't-remenber partition]
label = win
table = /dev/hda
loader = /boot/chain.b