Pierre Sarrazin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi. I have installed Debian GNU/Linux 1.3.1 (from the Linux
> System Labs CD-ROM) and now the D: drive is unreadable by
> Windows 95...
>
> I have a 2-gigabyte hard disk that has more than 1024 cylinders.
> Since it was originally installed with a 486 motherboard with
> a BIOS that couldn't handle more than 1024 cylinders, I installed
> a patch from the disk's manufacturer. Today, this hard disk is
> installed with a Pentium motherboard with a modern BIOS, but the
> patch is still there.
_Is_ it still there? I believe some of those might have gone in thr
MBR, which LILO might have copied over, so you've got a different disk
geometry now.
Anyway, Linux doesn't care so much what the partition tables specify
for the type, so you could try mounting the disk under Linux:
# mount -t vfat -r /dev/hda5 /mnt
or whatever partition Linux thinks it's on - check the bootup message
(via dmesg). That might let you get the files back. Alternatively,
you might have formatted part of it because Linux didn't see the
geometry patch. :-( You could try setting the type back with fdisk
or cfdisk.
You can access the partition under Linux as /dev/hda5 just like a
file. For instance: strings -10 /dev/hda5 will extract most of the
plain text in the partition.
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Carey Evans <*> http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ gc
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