Dazed_75 wrote: > > > On 2/26/07, *Dazed_75* > wrote: > > > OK, that partition seems to be hosed. I tried to mount it to copy > off a couple of files before reloading and mount gave me an error > saying the ftype was wrong or the superblock is corrupt. It > suggests looking at dmesg which had 4 messages saying basicly that > the inode is corrupt and suggests running CHKDSK. Of course I can't > do that either on an NTFS partition without windows :) > > Looks like I wipe it and re-install Vista, Office and Ubuntu instead > of playing tonight. > -- > > Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't > matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss > > > That worked. BTW, I used the LiveCD and Qtparted to remove the extra > partions and reformat the NTFS one before reinstalling Vista. Seems > Vista (at least the RC1 rendition) must do something different as I > suspected. Basicly letting a linux install resize the NTFS partition > corrupted something Vista is doing with the MBR or boot sequence. Not a > big surprise and it is probably something they are doing under the guise > of security. Too bad they can't figure out how to do that without > breaking things. > > CAUTION: Be wary of resizing Vista partions !!! Until someone > understands this I won't say you can't but I will say be sure you have a > restorable image. > > -- Thanks for giving this a test, Larry. I'm wondering if it's just an RC1 issue. I've become very leery of an RC version of anything. -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss