On Sunday 12 November 2000 11:03, you wrote:
> The partition table is now screwed and Mandrake wouldn't boot because the
> root and home partitions now have new drive #'s.
>
> The problem was not caused be mandrake, but once this is fixed it will
> require reinstallation. It would be nice to have a floppy to stick in and
> just have it start reinstalling mandrake without having to pick all of
> the packages again.
Sorry about the partition table. I have a suggestion though, have you
considered doing an expert install and at the DiskDrak screen choose to save
the partition table to a floppy? This may help you in the future. It is
possible that when you re-load your partition table at this point all of your
lost information will be back :-)
Another trick that I have used in the past is immediatly after doing your
install go into fdisk, READ ONLY, and copy down all the partition
information, start and stop sectors. Then if you have the problem again use
your CD as a rescue disk, go into fdisk and enter the exact numbers again. It
is possible this will help as well.
-Chris
