On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 19:43, Kourosh Ghassemieh wrote: > On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 07:30:47PM +0100, jerry k wrote: > > Kourosh wrote: > > > > > One thing you may want to try is to use W2K's disk management > > > tools to delete the last partitioan, i.e. G:, then reboot > > > so that it is no longer recognized as drive G: in Windows. > > > That should clear up the problem with Explorer trying to > > > read the G: drive. > > > > This won't affect the debian data on G:? I'll try it after the base > > install. It's very annoying having to deal with this kind of thing from > > windows, i guess it knows i'm trying to ditch it and is playing the jealous > > lover (stalker, more like!) > > > > Thank's! > > > > Jerry > > Back up your data before deleting partitions!!! > > I'm sure there is a way to tell Windows to ignore an already created partition > by editing the registry but I don't know how. > > My suggestion to delete the partition in W2K _will_ cause all data to be erased > and will require a re-install of Debian. You don't need to edit the registry.
Simply use Disk Manager (right-click My Computer->Manage, Logical disk manager service) to remove the drive letter from drive G:. This process will not affect the data on the partition. Regards Peter. -- Peter Whysall [EMAIL PROTECTED] The TLD in my email address is sdrawkcab. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 sid -- kernel 2.4.18 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
