[CLUE-Tech] SuSE 7.2 Error: "Unsupported partition table"

[Richard Knechtel]

Try Pocket Linux I use this extensively in the workplace (it's great for 
recovering crapped out windows systems :^) ).

A my web page (I am the official Colorado Mirror) :^)
http://www.users.qwest.net/~krs3/plnx/plnx.htm


At 12:01 PM 1/8/02 -0700, you wrote:
>BOF-
>         Whence cometh this wondrous boot floppy named Tom's, and how might
>one procure one for one's own use?
>
>Regards, Lawrence Layman
>
>BOF wrote:
>
> > I used Tom's RootBoot floppy (which I am becoming to be quite fond of)
> > and overwrote the partition table as you suggested.
> > SuSe was then able to install itself and is now up and running.
> >
> > I can only conjecture that a previous program, such as OpenBSD or Gentoo
> > Linux (using ext3) overwrote the partition table and somehow changed it
> > so that SuSE would not see it. I find this somewhat improbable as both
> > Slack and RedHat using ext2 have been installed on the drive since then.
> >
> > Or maybe it's a bug, or even a feature. Quien Sabe?     ;-)
> >
> > Thanx for the help.
> >
> > BOF
> >
> > Dave Hahn wrote:
> >
> > > I haven't run into this on SuSE, but I have seen this problem.  I've
> > > fixed it by:
> > > 1) Booting off a live file system CD.  I've used slackware with great
> > > success.
> > > 2) run 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdb count=512'
> > > 3) Reboot and repartition
> > >
> > > The dd command overwrites the portion of the drive that contains the
> > > partition table (/dev/hdb NOT /dev/hdb1) with zeros.  Giving you a
> > > nice, certainly blank, partition table with which to work.
> > >
> > >
> >
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