Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 23 Jan 2001 13:43:33 +0100 | From | Ragnar Hojland Espinosa <> | Subject | Re: Total loss with 2.4.0 (release) |
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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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