Another thing to try (if getting to the Linux partition isn't what you want to do right now) is boot from a recovery disk or boot disk with FDisk on it. Then restore the Master boot Record of your hard drive. You do this by running:
fdisk /mbr from your floppy drive. This might not work for a Win 2000 machine, but it's worth a shot. Hatton Humphrey > -----Original Message----- > From: Jesse Noller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 10:29 AM > To: CF-Linux > Subject: RE: Linux ate my hard drive! > > > I'm not familiar with lnx4win... However, having destroyed more > than my fair > share of harddrives (You try booting 4 OSes on a HP laptop!) I can maybe > help... > > #1: Did you install linux on the 1st or second partition? > > #2: If you did it on the first, good luck, I've never been able to recover > that > > #3: If you did it on the second, I'd seriously try installing redhat 7.2, > Why? because, inside anaconda (thier installer) the dual booting code is > much more robust. It should be able to detect the bootable flag > on partition > 1. > > #4: Use Fdisk to make sure that disk 1 is set to bootable. try > reinstalling > mandrake > > #5: Check google (google.com) to check and se if anyone has run into the > same problem. > > > > ======================== > Jesse Noller > Linux Fiend > Macromedia Server Development > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [root@spidermonkey]$ chown -R us:us *yourbase > > find / -name '*yourbase*' | xargs chown us:us > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joshua Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 10:26 AM > > To: CF-Linux > > Subject: OT: Linux ate my hard drive! > > > > > > Sorry for the extremely OT post, but I'm stuck and have > > received no word > > back from Mandrake support and of course there's no number > > you can call for > > technical issues. In hopes of using CF5 for Linux, I began my > > voyage with > > Linux Mandrake 7.2 .... this is what happened: > > > > I installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on a Win2K machine using > > Lnx4Win and to my > > surprise, when I reboot after installation, I get the boot > > message and then > > STAGE1 and that's it ... locks up, quits, stops booting > > altogether. Now I > > can't get in to uninstall LILO and Linux and my system is > > useless. Why in > > the world does this happen? I've reinstalled Linux 6 times > > now trying to get > > it to work and it just doesn't work using Lnx4Win. My Windows > > recovery disk > > and boot disks won't work and I can't get any of my data back. > > > > Can anyone help? Offer suggestions other than reformatting? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Joshua Miller > > Web Development::Programming > > Eagle Technologies Group, Inc. > > www.eagletgi.com > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (304) 622-4499 x320 (VMail) > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for > > the use of the > > individual or entity to which it is addressed. > > This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, > > confidential, and/or > > personal. If the reader of this message is not the intended > > recipient (or > > the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the > > intended recipient), > > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > > or copying of > > this communication is prohibited. > > If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by > > telephone call at the number listed above. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-linux%40houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_linux or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
