Hard Drive Messed Up!!

ricky333 · 08-12-2005, 09:55 PM

I installed red Hat Linux 9 a while ago, using Partition magic, then I deleted it, but the partition labeled * is still there, and it is 47 gigabytes! It won't delete, and it won't resize, WHAT DO I DO????

freakyg · 08-12-2005, 10:15 PM

what version of PM are you using........and
what filesystem did you make........ext2, ext3, etc??

ricky333 · 08-12-2005, 10:18 PM

I used 8.0, and it was an ext3 partition.

teckk · 08-12-2005, 10:25 PM

When you have a drive that is messed up, Linux MBR and windows doesn't like it, switching Operating systems, getting rid of old data, or for whatever reason I find it handy to pop in a linux live CD like knoppix and issue

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=1M

(Substitute your drive parameters)
That will zero the drive from start to end. It will take a few minuets depending on drive size.

freakyg · 08-12-2005, 10:30 PM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=66978

read this thread.........I have had to use the "un_tune" option to convert ext3 to ext2 so PM can re-size, move, etc.......then convert back to ext3..........it might work for you also........

ricky333 · 08-12-2005, 10:31 PM

Ill try that with my knoppix CD, thanks. If any one else has any suggestions, i'll listen to those to.