I (deliberately) didn't set up a /boot partition. I boot to Win98 by
default, which brings up a menu in config.sys to boot the linux kernel
via loadlin.exe. I will set up a /boot part when next I can reformat and
reinstall Win98. I might have to postpone linux troubleshooting until
then, and solve it all at once.
I'm currently still using the kernel from my 6.1 distro, but I can't
transfer the new kernel to the FAT32 part until I can mount it! (Once
again, I can't mount even if booting from MDK7 boot disk.)
I'm grateful for all your responses
-Tim
Mage Grimau wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> > --
> > Remember that if it is done on networks, it may occur on
> > your host which is a network unto itself.
> >
