Re: GCC 3.1 / Ada / Cygwin / Win2k ?

[Preben Randhol <randhol+news@pvv.org>]

Wes Groleau wrote:
> Not sure.  I booted up Linux (Mandrake) and verified that it
> filled less than two Gigabytes of a twelve GB partition.
> 
> So I put the install CD in, and reinstalled.  When I got
> to that point,  I selected the second 12 GB partition and
> split it into nine and three.  Formatted the nine to NTFS
> and the three to standard Unix.  Installed Linux, and tried
> to reboot.  Goes through about a screen and a half of
> startup messages and then hangs.  Vulcan nerve pinch and
> power button disabled--have to unplug.

You mean you ran fdisk or similar on a mounted disc and repartitioned
it?

Not sure I understand the setup. Did you have the linux partition before
the NT partition or after? I think windows will choke if you suddenly
create a partition before what is usually C: as this will then become D:


> Selected NT from LILO boot menu.  Screen says "Loading NT..."
> and nothing else for many minutes.  Vulcan nerve pinch and
> power button disabled again.

Did you run lilo after installing Linux.

> Windows CD can boot and can see all partitions but can't
> repair.  Linux CD "rescue" function can't fix either.
> 
> Corp. IT came in and re-partitioned and re-imaged the whole drive.
> Not in a hurry to try re-installing Linux now!  :-)

Hmm this sounds very odd. I have never experienced anything like it, but
I'm not clear on how your disc looked like before you tried. But if you
used some program like partition magic or similar to spilt a partition
into two then this is not a safe way.

Preben Randhol
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