From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 00:01:04 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 441 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Tuesday 03 September 2002 Number 441 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 [os2genau] lvm, fat32, windoze lockuo : Voytek at sbt dot net dot au 2 [os2genau] lvm, fat32, windoze lockuo : Voytek at sbt dot net dot au **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 01:11:04 From: Voytek at sbt dot net dot au Subject: [os2genau] lvm, fat32, windoze lockuo Reply-To: os2genau at os2 dot org dot au > Well Voytek, > > You've had more success with combining LVM and Windows than I did ! > > I tried to install Win98 onto a spare 1GB LVM partition starting straight after > the boot manager. It totally screwed LVM. I had expected to have to de-install > and re-install boot manager but the Win98 install so corrupted the partition > table, that I could even remove and recreate partitions. Luckily I was able to > zip the partitions up onto another drive and the key to fixing the problem, > believe it or not was to use FDISK on a Warp 3 boot diskette. it seems the old > FDISK is much more brutal in its actions that LVM is (or FDISK under DOS or > Windoze). I've had to use these Warp 3 boot diskettes before to fix otherwise > unusable drives that have only ever had windoze on them. Once all partitions were > deleted from Warp 3, LVM behaved itself again I was able to re-partition the > drive, install Win98 and then re-install boot manager. yes.... in my initiall attemps, I also tottaly scrwed up the drive p table, so much, I ended up using LVM/FDISK DOS fdisk and DFS to get rid of it, LVM kept telling me 'bad table' that was when I asked how to low level a drive.... yes... anyhow, then, I started a fresh, did all the stuff with LVM, thern, updated LVM then, disbaled BM from LVM to install windoze *but*, last time (as I have in the past many times...) I used DOS FDISK to renable BM, it always did work.... as not to tempt fate.... I booted off W4 CPx CD, and, renabled BM from LVM > > I'm in the process of restoring the OS/2 partitions at the moment. Once I had > simply unzipped the C: drive I was able to boot and start things such as e-mail > as I restored the various drives. > > The reason for installing Win98 in the first place was to see if starting this > Soltek motherboard under Windoze would enable the on-board USB ports and it did. > I now have all four VIA USB ports working under OS/2. Previously only the > off-board ports worked. > > My Win98 partition is working fine, including My Computer etc. But I have it > installed now as a Primary (hidden from OS/2) C: drive partition, whereas it was > a logical partition previously. Your partition is a primary also, so it ought to > be OK. > > What version of Win98 are you using ? I use Win98 SE, which has several fixes and > additions over the basic WIN98. 98 se > > Apart from that I don't know why you would have this strange effect. i'd probably > suggest format and re-install on FAT (I think you're only forced to FAT32 when > you go over 2GB). > originally , boot 2gb was fat16, d: 4.5 gb formatted as fat32 (even though, it seems to have fat16 partion table ID...) it was locking up already, took many goes to re do as fat32; eventually, safe mode boot succeeded to convert to fat32 Voytek ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 01:10:07 From: Voytek at sbt dot net dot au Subject: [os2genau] lvm, fat32, windoze lockuo Reply-To: os2genau at os2 dot org dot au > Well Voytek, > > You've had more success with combining LVM and Windows than I did ! > > I tried to install Win98 onto a spare 1GB LVM partition starting straight after > the boot manager. It totally screwed LVM. I had expected to have to de-install > and re-install boot manager but the Win98 install so corrupted the partition > table, that I could even remove and recreate partitions. Luckily I was able to > zip the partitions up onto another drive and the key to fixing the problem, > believe it or not was to use FDISK on a Warp 3 boot diskette. it seems the old > FDISK is much more brutal in its actions that LVM is (or FDISK under DOS or > Windoze). I've had to use these Warp 3 boot diskettes before to fix otherwise > unusable drives that have only ever had windoze on them. Once all partitions were > deleted from Warp 3, LVM behaved itself again I was able to re-partition the > drive, install Win98 and then re-install boot manager. yes.... in my initiall attemps, I also tottaly scrwed up the drive p table, so much, I ended up using LVM/FDISK DOS fdisk and DFS to get rid of it, LVM kept telling me 'bad table' that was when I asked how to low level a drive.... yes... anyhow, then, I started a fresh, did all the stuff with LVM, thern, updated LVM then, disbaled BM from LVM to install windoze *but*, last time (as I have in the past many times...) I used DOS FDISK to renable BM, it always did work.... as not to tempt fate.... I booted off W4 CPx CD, and, renabled BM from LVM > > I'm in the process of restoring the OS/2 partitions at the moment. Once I had > simply unzipped the C: drive I was able to boot and start things such as e-mail > as I restored the various drives. > > The reason for installing Win98 in the first place was to see if starting this > Soltek motherboard under Windoze would enable the on-board USB ports and it did. > I now have all four VIA USB ports working under OS/2. Previously only the > off-board ports worked. > > My Win98 partition is working fine, including My Computer etc. But I have it > installed now as a Primary (hidden from OS/2) C: drive partition, whereas it was > a logical partition previously. Your partition is a primary also, so it ought to > be OK. > > What version of Win98 are you using ? I use Win98 SE, which has several fixes and > additions over the basic WIN98. 98 se > > Apart from that I don't know why you would have this strange effect. i'd probably > suggest format and re-install on FAT (I think you're only forced to FAT32 when > you go over 2GB). > originally , boot 2gb was fat16, d: 4.5 gb formatted as fat32 (even though, it seems to have fat16 partion table ID...) it was locking up already, took many goes to re do as fat32; eventually, safe mode boot succeeded to convert to fat32 Voytek ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------