Re: Munged up XP install. Partition table?
From: David (thunderbolt01_at_netscape.net)
Date: 11/27/03
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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 08:22:27 GMT
Eddie wrote:
> David wrote:
>
>
>>Edward Crismond wrote:
>>
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> <snip>
>
>>>I did "fdisk -l" from a shell while booted into Linux, and it
>>>listed a partition that I didn't know was there. Its returning something
>>>like...
>>>
>>>/dev/hda1 ntfs
>>>/dev/hda2 extended < I don't know what this is.
>>>/dev/hda5 linux native
>>>/dev/hda6 linux swap
>>>/dev/hda7 fat32
>>
>>It isn't free disk space. /dev/hda2 is an extended partition
>>which holds the /dev/hda{5,6,7} logical partitions.
>>
>>If you look closer you will see that /dev/hda2 starts at cylinder
>>111 and ends at 555.
>>
>>/dev/hda2 will start ar 111 and end at 555
>>/dev/hda5 will start at 112 and end at 222
>>/dev/hda6 will start at 223 and end at 333
>>/dev/hda7 will start at 334 and end at 555
>>
>>Of course the cylinders will be different but you should get the
>>idea.
>
>
> Oh, how elementary. That makes sense...
>
>
>
> <snip>
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>>>I'm wondering if the partition table has been messed up, and if there is
>>>anything I can do to fix the XP side short of reinstalling.
>>>
>>>I've thought about posting this question in an XP group, but I'm
>>>afraid the LILO and /dev/hda1 stuff would be greek to them. I may
>>>still post it.
>>
>>If you are using LiLo have you tried running "lilo -v" to see it
>>shows any wrrors or if it will fix it? Be sure that the
>>/etc/lilo.conf file is correct.
>>
>
>
> I ran "lilo -v" and it didn't seem to come back with any errors.
>
> It just returned that it had added the two entries (as you will
> see in my lilo.conf file below), and said something about there
> being no back up for the boot sector. It said nothing about needing
> to fix anything. I tried to boot into Windows and it still will
> not get past the "Windows did not start properly" screen. Just
> restarts no matter what option is selected. No safe modes, no nothing.
>
>
>>If it still doesn't work then post your /etc/lilo.conf file.
>
>
> I forgot to mention in my original post, that I did add a Lucent/Agere
> soft modem. It worked fine in both Linux and Windows. And Linux still
> has no problem booting. I may try to remove it anyway, just to see
> if that is the cause.
>
> Here is my lilo.conf. I had three options after I recompiled my
> kernal, to boot into the old kernal. But I have removed the option
> to boot into the custom compiled kernal (although it booted, I think
> I left a couple things out), so now there are just two entries, one
> for Windows, and one for the original (LinuxOld) kernal. I did this
> after I found that Windows would not boot, as maybe a remedy for the
> problem. But this was grasping at straws I suppose.
Ok I haven't used any M$ products in at least 5yrs so this may be
the long way to fix the problem but it should work.
If it was working before you compiled the kernel and changed
/etc/lilo.conf I would make sure I had a working linux bootdisk
or CD so you can get back into the linux system after fixing windows.
Then use a windows bootdisk or CD and fix the MBR and make sure
that you can boot into windows without any problems. Run scandisk
or whatever to make sure there are no problems.
Then use the linux bootdisk to boot into linux and run lilo again
to update the MBR.
ALWAYS before making changes to a file make a backup. It is much
easier to copy it back into place if something goes wrong rather
than trying to remember what you changed.
-- Confucius: He who play in root, eventually kill tree. Registered with The Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org/ Slackware 9.1.0 Kernel 2.4.22 SMP i686 (GCC) 3.3.2 Uptime: 3 days, 6:51, 2 users, load average: 0.21, 0.11, 0.16
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