On Thursday 09 May 2002 16:11, Vikram Bajaj wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have a dual boot box with NT server and RedHat linux 7.2 > I 1st installed Nt server and then 7.2 on a 40 gb IDE drive > Both NT and Linux works fine. > > But if i try to reinstall NT due to some other probs > NT says that the C: is *Unformated or Damaged* > or specifically all the *non* linux partitions is shown as Unformated or > Damaged and this happens as soon as I intall Linux on that HD.
well, windows NT is a very *smart* operating system, that knows nothing other then NTFS and FAT16. when it comes accross a filesystem that it does not know, it lables the disk as unformatted or damaged. but the filesystem on that disk (ext2 or 3 or raiser) has nothing to do with the MBR, which is where the boot loader is written to. i dont see any reason why the boot loader cannot be written. you may risk loosing your lilo \ grub, but the data will stay where it is, and you can always boot from your floppy disk (make sure you have one before trying anything like that.) > > Due to this NT fails to install till I delete all the partitions and > recreate it, and cause of this i have to reinstall linux which becomes very > cumbersome > What can be the possible reason for this? like i said above... > and how can i prevent this? you cant. newer versions of window$ (2000 \ XP) will know how to behave better in that situation. > Is anyone else is facing the same problem? i did, many times. > > > Regards > Vikram > =========================================================================== >= DIREM Marketing Services Pvt Ltd > India's leading relationship marketing and loyalty management company. > Have you visited our website? http://www.direm.com > =========================================================================== >= > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > =========================================================================== >= DIREM Marketing Services Pvt Ltd > India's leading relationship marketing and loyalty management company. > Have you visited our website? http://www.direm.com > =========================================================================== >= > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- -------------------------------------- Amir Tal, System Administrator icq : 15748705 http://www.legacy2web.com -------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
