kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 Bruno--->>>Do you unmount the partition first ?? . . . or boot PCLos . . and go to the Mastr Control Center and the "Mount Points" tool . . there is the same interface . . unmount hda5 first then resize and format.Looks Like I am in PCLos MCC and ready with hda5 and it is UMOUNT first & then the format etc???Colin Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 Yep . . unmount first . . . then resize . . if it will work . . then format to ext3 . . . ORunmount . . reformat the full partition to Ext3B) Bruno Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 After that set NO mount point . . . . . you hear ? NO mount point . . leave it blanc !! Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 I'm Having usual palpitations hereDid Unmount and format but there was a failure and it tells me hda5 is now Type- EFI (Fat -12/16/32)And the unount is not available this timeAll the others are thereMount PointresizeFormatMountDelete Colin Quote
kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 I have done BrunoAnd even pressed the reiser red bar aboveBut now it tells me the DOS format has failed and it is shown as Type dos 16iBit FAT(up to 32M)Colin Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 Okay . . press "Done" and boot from your Mandrake install CD and let it take the FULL D for Mandrake . . . Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 The FULL Hard Drive including hda9 etcColin Quote
kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 Hopefully Drax will let that happenBooting nowColin Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 It has to . . if not delete the partition and create it new . . . . . ( with deleting we risk re-numbering of the partitions but we will see that as it comes and deal with it . . you do not have to reinstall PCLos and Mephis . . but we will need to make changes if that happens ) Bruno Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 But it can see it ?? . . . . reformat it . . . . or like I said above delete it and recreate it as Ext3B) Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 MCC againAnd now it is Hidden Win OSR2 and it changeed agin back to EFI before I did anything with itColin Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 Did you go back to PCLos ??Delete the partition Colin . . and recreate it as Ext3 . . . . . ( First unmount it ) Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 Righty HoWhat a run around but Now I have deleted it and ready to create but the last time I did that I got a reiser 3.8G /usrSo am still playing with itColin Quote
kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 I've got it saet at full size but is /usr the right / to usecolin Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 You want to create it to Ext3 . . and NOT MOUNT IT !! . . . . . . leave that blank . . . no / no /usr . . . . BLANCO !! Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 Now It's reiser ext3I'm poopedBut still goingColin Quote
kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 yep it IS BLANKBut now it's changed again I'll get back when I go back into MCCColin Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 Colin Note down what the other partitions are and what size they are . . . we need to know that for if the numbers change and you install Mandrake . . . you do want to use the correct partition !! Bruno Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 You have to reboot for the changes to take effect . . Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 21, 2004 Author Posted May 21, 2004 I did it againNOT good this is what I have NOWhda1hda5 DOS 16bit FAT(up t0-32M) 3.8Gempty 7.8Ghda/ Ehda7hda8 swaphda9 Colin Quote
teacher Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 You are using Mandrake to do your partition changes aren't you and not PC Los????Julia Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 Colin . . . Delete hda5 as well . . . and make one big partition of the empty space ( the two empty spaces --> one big 11.5 G Ext3 ) . . Do use the mandrake installere in "Expert mode" for it !! . . No more PCLos . . just the mandrake installer . . Bruno Quote
Bruno Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 We want you to do this in Mandrake . . in the installer . . . ( resizing did not work, but deleting and recreating will work ! ) BrunoPS: There was a bug in the PCLos partition tool . . just remembered that . . Quote
teacher Posted May 21, 2004 Posted May 21, 2004 PC Los is probably part of your problem. I NEVER touch a partition in it because it is just too buggy! Go to Mandrake. Use the Mandrake Control Center!!!!Julia Quote
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