From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:01:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:01:36 -0500 Received: from 229-VALL-X5.libre.retevision.es ([62.83.215.229]:128 "HELO lightside.2y.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:01:24 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:43:33 +0100 From: Ragnar Hojland Espinosa To: "Mike A. Harris" Cc: Trever Adams , Linux Kernel mailing list Subject: Re: Total loss with 2.4.0 (release) Message-ID: <20010123134333.A1096@lightside.2y.net> In-Reply-To: <20010115215047Z131660-403+523@vger.kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: ; from Mike A. Harris on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 12:33:45AM -0500 Organization: Mediocrity Naysayers Ltd X-Homepage: http://maculaisdeadsoimmovingit/lightside Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 12:33:45AM -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Trever Adams wrote: > > >I had a similar experience. All I can say is windows 98 > >and ME seem to have it out for Linux drives running late > >2.3.x and 2.4.0 test and release. I had windows completely > >fry my Linux drive and I lost everything. I had some old > > I don't see how Windows 9x can be at fault in any way shape or > form, if you can boot between 2.2.x kernel and 9x no problem, but > lose your disk if you boot Win98 and then 2.3.x/2.4.x and lose > everything. Windows does not touch your Linux fs's, so if there WS Windows might reprogram IDE / drives in some way that, being left in that state, conflict with linux's. .. well, ask Andre, he'll know :) -- ____/| Ragnar Højland Freedom - Linux - OpenGL Fingerprint 94C4B \ o.O| 2F0D27DE025BE2302C =(_)= "Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer for 104B78C56 B72F0822 U chaos and madness await thee at its end." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/