Hello Quel Qun,
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 01:26:42 PST GMT your local time,
which was Tuesday, January 11, 2000, 8:26:42 AM (GMT+0700) my local time,
Quel Qun wrote:
Quel> Translation (sort of), since it doesn't look funny:
Correct, I would use a different word(g)
However if one mixes Os's on a drive one runs the chance to get
bitten.
THE reason I always use as boot drive the master 0 for Linux and slave 1
for Windows and via linux lilo when setting Linux up specify the
second boot partition.
I have sofar never overwritten the windows part by mistake and its
amazing how often it happens with mixed drives.
Presumably FDISK /MBR will fix that cdrive up but maybe better to get
it confirmed by a previous victim!
Quel> I have a 6.3GB hard drive with 4 partitions, one of them being 2GB and
Quel> reserved for Linux. The first partition (C) contains Windows 95, the second
Quel> and third contains some FAT file system, and the 4th partition was
Quel> containing Mandrake 6.1. I wanted to update to Mandrake beta 7. It seems
Quel> that the upgrade process no had any problem and reinstalled LILO on the boot
Quel> sector. When the machine rebooted, LILO displayed a welcome message (I
Quel> assume it is a new version), and I asked to boot Linux. No problem to start
Quel> it, but when I wanted to exit Linux to go to Windows, LILO never booted. I
Quel> tried a boot floppy for Windows, but it seems that the unit C is now invalid
Quel> and I can't open it. It looks like the partition C which contained Windows
Quel> has been destroyed. I assume it is a LILO problem.
Quel> I haven't tried the Windows fdisk to see (or change?) what could have been
Quel> 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]
>>
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