Dangerous file system / disk problem

[Robert Storey]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 13:10:48 +0100
Ben Paley <ben at spooty.net> wrote:


> This is very scary, but thanks for the advice. I had some more advice
> (not sure if it went to the list or not) to try setting the second
> partition as unused (sysid=0), so I might try that first to see
> whether I can avoid risking destroying everything and making my family
> hate me.

I'll suggest something sacrilegious - beg, borrow or steal a copy of
Windows 2000 - it doesn't mind being installed on the second hard disk.

Remember - I never said that.

regards,
Robert