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- From: rossiter_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
- Subject: RE: Urgent - Disk Partition Disappears
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 22:06:27 GMT
- Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
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- Thanks to all the folks who sent messages on my disk partition disappearance
- problem. The bottom line is: we had to repartition and restore from
- backup. :-( The good news is: the restore worked! ;-)
- Technical result was also a confirmation that when the disk became full
- a day or so before, the partition table was overwritten by a file that
- the system thought was being written into the last few available
- sectors at the end of the disk. A sort of "wrap" problem. We have
- defined a smaller partition, in hopes that this will not occur again.
- Best wishes for a safe and happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year
- Pat
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