* ville virtanen (vvirtanen@luukku.com) [040206 09:06]: > Hello, > > I tried to install Windows ME to a hard drive with an existing Debian > system. During the install the system insisted on formatting drive > "C", and since I had created an extra primary partition marked > bootable to be "C" under Linux I figured why not. After reaching 100% > the install said formatting failed and quit. > > Fine, so I try to boot back to Linux but get the "No operating system" > instead. Booting to Knoppix I found the partition table totally > screwed up. I managed to get back /home and /usr partitions using > gpart, but it seems the / partition has been partly overwritten. I've read that it's a good idea to create partitions using the fdisk from the OS you plan on installing there. I would guess that any fdisk should be able to do the same thing, writing the partition table in a sane way, but I also suppose that in practice, maybe you're seeing evidence of the difference between "should" and "is". Perhaps next time, you might be better off creating a windows partition with windows' fdisk. I don't have direct experience with it (thankfully, I don't remember the last time I created a partition for a windows installation), but I thought I'd pass along the advice, FWIW. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- http://www.doorstop.net/sprintpcs_sucks
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