Translation (sort of), since it doesn't look funny: I have a 6.3GB hard drive with 4 partitions, one of them being 2GB and reserved for Linux. The first partition (C) contains Windows 95, the second and third contains some FAT file system, and the 4th partition was containing Mandrake 6.1. I wanted to update to Mandrake beta 7. It seems that the upgrade process no had any problem and reinstalled LILO on the boot sector. When the machine rebooted, LILO displayed a welcome message (I assume it is a new version), and I asked to boot Linux. No problem to start it, but when I wanted to exit Linux to go to Windows, LILO never booted. I tried a boot floppy for Windows, but it seems that the unit C is now invalid and I can't open it. It looks like the partition C which contained Windows has been destroyed. I assume it is a LILO problem. I haven't tried the Windows fdisk to see (or change?) what could have been done, but I preferred to send you this message reporting what happened. >From: "Ricardo Carrera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Cooker] Problemas LILO de Mandrake 7.0beta >Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:02:33 -0600 > >Tengo un disco duro de 6.3 GB el cual est� particionado en 4 �reas, una de >las cuales est� dedicada a Linux y es de 2 GB. En la primera partici�n (C) >tengo Windows 95, en la segunda y tercera tengo el sistema de archivos FAT >y en la cuarta partici�n ten�a Linux Mandrake 6.1. Quise actualizar a >Mandrake 7.0 beta. Parece que el proceso de actualizaci�n no tuvo ning�n >problema y me reescribi� LILO en el sector de arranque. cuando la m�quina >reinici�, LILO hizo una presentaci�n dando la Bienvenida (supongo que es >una nueva versi�n) y solicit� arrancar a Linux. No hubo problemas para >iniciar pero cuando sal� de Linux y quise entrar a Windows, simplemente >LILO ya no arranc�. Inici� con un diskete de arranque para windows pero >resulta que ahora la unidad C es una unidad inv�lida y no puedo entrar. Tal >parece que se hubiera destruido la partici�n C (la activa) que conten�a >Windows. supongo que es un problema de LILO. > >No he probado con fdisk de Windows para revisar que pudo haber pasado pero >he preferido enviarles este correo para comentarles lo que me sucedi�. > >Ricardo Carrera Hern�ndez >Universidad del Golfo de M�xico >Orizaba, Ver. >M�xico >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
