-> On 02 Apr 07  16:33:24, Maurice Kinal got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: Births

 MK> Last time I checked (a few years ago) that was only 4.0 and I
 MK> understand that 4.5 is current these days.  You're probably right
 MK> though.  If you pick a common file system for any shared partitions it

As the partition is trashed, I can't reset the format.  Or, I don't 
think I can...  That may be an option.  

 DC> disjointed fragments.  That could be ok with a text file, but it 
 DC> doesn't work for a damn on exe's and jpegs.  

 MK> See above.  exe's will never work on a linux system but then again
 MK> they never have to.  Right?  As long as they can work on the targetted

I'm running WIN programs from Ubuntu right now!   Of course, they 
are actually running on the XP box I'm VMCed into.  :)  

 MK> fat16 or fat32 partitions will work with dosfsutils.  I'll be happy to
 MK> check for your particular distribution if you want but I am already
 MK> sure it is out there if you are in need.  A quick check of either
 MK> /sbin (perhaps /usr/sbin) should tell the tale by looking for an app
 MK> called 'mkdosfs'. 

Does that destroy data?  

The problem with the damaged drive is the MBR is trashed.  

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