-> 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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