Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/02/01/10:33:26
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> > Sent: 01 February 2005 14:57
>
> > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 03:20:54PM +0200, Jani Tiainen wrote:
> > >list-subscriber kirjoitti:
> > >>Hello Cygwin Gurus,
> > >>
> > >>Our cygwin mirror is on a linux box running trustix secure linux
> > >>version 2.0. I decided to upgrade to trustix secure linux 2.2 and
> > >>as I was about to created a bootdisk for a network install, I
> > >>inadvertently typed:
> > >
> > >[clipped very sad thing that happened]
> > >
> > >Since this really doesn't involve Cygwin in any other way than files
> > >are part of Cygwin, you're better to ask your question in some Linux
> > >spesific group about such a problem.
> >
> > While I sympathize with the problem, this is a correct assessment.
> >
> > It doesn't make any sense to ask for linux help in any type of cygwin
> > mailling list.
>
> But those were *CYGWIN* files on his linux system's HD! So it *IS*
> on-topic! And there *HAS TO* be a secret way to recover HD partition
> maps when there are cygwin-related files on the partition and *YOU*
> won't tell him because *YJM!*
Sure. And we can further explore the delicious meanness of this situation
once this thread is properly (squaaaawk) TITTTLed.
Igor
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