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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: unable to format hard drive?Re: unable to format hard drive?
From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 16:54:39 +0000 Have you tried re-FDISK'ing it? Maybe the partition information is corrupt? I personally recommend a Partition Magic Boot Disk. >John Eckman said: > > Any advice? (I don't have access currently to a linux box, just win2k or > > MacOS X). > >A little off-topic, but may possibly be of some use. > >If you have a broadband internet connection and a cd writer, you could >have a look at http://www.knoppix.org - this will give you a download for >a bootable Linux distro on a CD. Just stick the CD in your drive, reboot >and you have a fully-functioning Linux distro. Your installed O/Ses are >intact, and yo ucan access their disks as well (readonly by default, but >you can change this). Handy as a rescue disk etc. You have an option to >save your settings to a usb key (I use my Rockbox for this!) and your >settings then follow you around different PCs. If you don't have a >bootable CD drive, you can create a boot floppy which will load the CD >instead. > >I know that Mandrake Linux make a distro called MandrakeMove, which is >much the same concept, but I haven't tried it (yet) >-- >Mike Holden _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-02-26 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |