I had a similar problem with Win98 - the only way I could fix it was to run
the linux fdisk and force it to write to the partition table (by changing my
boot partition size by 1M [down - NOT up!]). Until then, it refused to load
LILO into the MBR. Since my boot partition is nothing but /boot, it didn't
cause any loss of data. I reinstalled Win98, NT, and Mandrake on here several
times and Win98 did the same thing every time, whether I used FAT16 or FAT32.
(NT was well-behaved - never overwrote the linux at all.) Now that they all
work right, I'm waiting to get a second HD before any more playing around
with installs.
--- Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Saw your post, Tim. I'm still trying to reproduce the error.
> Perhaps you could post output of
>
> # dmesg
>
> # cat /etc/fstab
>
> Civileme
>
>
>
> Tim Hammerquist wrote:
> >
> > Did I post to the wrong list? Did I miss an obvious FAQ? My problem
> > seems to be Mandrake 7-specific, and v7 FAQ isn't incomplete.
> >
> > Maybe my question's just too puerile, but if someone could at least
> > point me in the right direction?
> >
> > thanks,
> > -Tim
> >
> > Tim Hammerquist wrote:
> > >
> > > First, I apologize if this mail reaches the wrong box. The welcome
> message for
> > > the list ended abruptly without giving info on submitting... =)
> > >
> > > Here's my scenario:
> > >
> > > Running Win98SE on bottom 10GB of 20GB hard drive.
> > > Installed Mandrake 6.1 on upper 10GB last December. Worked beautifully.
> =)
> > > Bought Mandrake 7 Complete and formatted and installed over 6.1 (didn't
> > > upgrade).
> > > Mandrake 7 will not mount the DOS/FAT32 partition (at boot or
> otherwise). It
> > > gives the error "/dev/hda1 has invalid major or minor...". Everything
> listed in
> > > /dev under hda lists major number as 3 and minor number corresponding
> to
> > > partition. Kernel is located on /dev/hda3, FAT32 (LBA) on /dev/hda1. I
> normally
> > > boot from my config.sys using loadlin.exe, but /dev/hda1 can't be
> mounted even
> > > if I use the boot disk.
> > >
> > > Now when I went back to install 6.1 which worked fine before, it
> crashes during
> > > formatting /dev/hda3 as ext2.
> > >
> > > Has anyone had this problem? Is there a fix/patch/easy explanation, or
> do I have
> > > to backup my hd and reformat all partitions from scratch?
> > >
> > > BTW: Win98 on /dev/hda1 still works; no problems.
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > > -Tim
>
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