RE: [Sheflug] Disk rescue / formatting

["Chris Johnson" <chris [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Chris
>
> You should be able to fdisk / reformat from a win98 rescue
> disk.  I had to

That's the one I don't have.

> do it on Sunday after I tried to install fedora core and screwed up my
> system, of course it will be fat32 not ntfs or ext3, but once you have
> cleared it all of it should be easy enough to change.
>
> Also have a look at mandrake disk 1 - they have the best
> repartitioning
> tools of all distros
>
> If you have a dos formatted floppy (with system on) I can
> email you the
> contents of a win98 rescue disk, there is a floppy disk
> imaging proggie on
> my hd - but I can't find it!!!! (or remember its name)
>

I do have it although I can't remember the name either.

2nd reimage of the PC from the same rescue CD seems to have worked.
Gremlins must have left my PC to go and live in the local power grid!

Did that power outage get you as well?  I'd just got my server back up!
Must be Micro$oft running the local electricity supply if it needed
rebooting twice in one day!

Chris

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