Re: Total loss with 2.4.0 (release)
Ragnar Hojland Espinosa (ragnar@fuckmpaa.com)
Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:43:33 +0100
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 :)
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