reinstalling utility partition

[Ian Mortimer]

On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 07:33 -0500, Rogelio_Noriega at Dell.com wrote:

> 	If your drive die or was formatted the utility partition is
> lost. To re-install from the RH media you would need a driver disk for
> your HDD controller it can be found here
> http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l
> =en&s=biz Select your the Product type and Product model click go and
> search for your download.
> 
> The purpose of the re-install partition is to enable you to restore your
> system software to the same state in which you received it, (factory
> defaults). Dell created a 2.5-GB Reinstallation Partition on your
> primary hard drive. This partition contains ISO images of the three
> installation CDs, additional device drivers, and the necessary scripts
> to automate the reinstallation.

I was thinking about the smaller (~40MB) partition which has the
diagnostics.  We don't use the Installation partition.


--
Ian