----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 3:44 PM
Subject: [expert] Booting if partitions on disk have been changed
> Hi,
>
> I tried once to reboot Linux after I had slightly modified (moved) a
couple
> of OTHER partitions on my drive which changed where the beginning of the
> extended partition was). I didn't touch the Linux partition at all (a
> logical partition). However, when I tried to reboot Linux, it stopped half
> way through, trying to mount one of the hda's and wouldn't continue. It
> stopped at the same place when I tried booting from a floppy. Setting the
> modified partitions back to the way they were allowed me to boot again.
>
> My question is, is my Linux system (LM6.1) bootable at all in such a
> situation
Yes
or is there a way to modify partions on my hard drive without
> affecting the Linux system?
Not really.
So, you could:
1. boot from a rescue disk or tomsrtbt single-floppy distro.
2. run fdisk to see what the new partition numbers are.
3. mount you root partiton and edit /etc/fstab accordingly
4. re-boot from your original boot disk (you made one, right?) and if
the partition number of your root partition has changed, press the TAB key
at the LILO: prompt and type linux root=/dev/hda<whatever the new number
is>, then enter.
5. make a new bootdisk (or edit your original bootdisk.)
Hoyt
