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Date:	Sat, 8 Apr 2006 17:45:42 PST8
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	"SCOUG Help" <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Getting the SATA Drive To Work

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Hello Everyone,
I'm seeking some more advice on getting my SATA drive to work. It's the one that's
formatted NTFS and has Windows XP on it (or maybe had Windows, because I've
attempted to alter it, using Logical Volume Manager (LVM) ).

Anyway, I want to format it as JFS and use it under ECS. I can now see that drive unit in
the LVM, thanks to the DaniS506.ADD driver, version 1.75. However, I cannot
successfully set it up as a volume and assign a drive letter.

When I open LVM, I get the following error message:

The following drive number has incorrect partitioning information: 3

Then, I delete all of the 2 partitions on that drive (the NTFS and the small free space).
Everything looks good. However, if I commit that change and then close down LVM,
nothing has changed, or been committed, after I reopen LVM.

If I delete the partitions and then try to create a new volume, or new partition, LVM tells
either of the following:

This partition could not be created from free space

This free space is unusable

The drive is 200 GB and I do not have the NTFS installed. Any suggestions or help
here is really appreciated. Thank you.
HCM

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