Hi Chris, Could you go into Linux and print out a copy of your /etc/fstab file and /boot/grub/menu.lst
for us? Also, up to now it seems we are assuming your sharing windows and Linux on one hard drive, if you're using a second hard drive for Linux that would also shed some light on the situation particularly as far as your boot-loader goes. Marcel On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 20:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hellllppppp! > > well, i've tried all of the posted suggestions and i don't believe there are any > files at /mnt/nt!!! does this mean that they are really gone or is it possible that > they just can't be read? the remaining filesystem was ntfs (if that makes a > difference) > > when starting windoze xp in safe mode with prompt, i "dir" at the c:/ and get an > error message. that's probably bad too, yes? > > anyways, if there are any other suggestions i'm open. i really appreciate your help > so far and look forward to hearing more :-) > > chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jesse Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, February 27, 2003 6:20 pm > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Mandrake 9.0/WinXP problems > > > Try running fdisk -l that will give you a list of your partition > > table. You can > > see if you still have a windows partition. If you do you can mount > > thatpartition with something like this: > > # mkdir /mnt/windows > > # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows > > You can then snoop around and see if anything is missing from > > Windows. You might > > also want to check /etc/lilo.conf to make sure your boot loader is > > setup properly. > > > > Jesse > > > > >
