To restore the windows try to make a .tar.gz of the entire partition (if the entire archive is less than 2GB):
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/drive_c cd /mnt/drive_c tar -czvPf/reserv/drive_c.tar.gz * then reboot with a win98 boot disk and reformat the partition whith the "s" option, test if boots and restore your backup. well I never have maked the /boot in a extend partition, but I think that the correct is: root (hd0,5) setup (hd0) or not? tenorio On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 21:58:34 -0400 Jonathan Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the following partitions: > hda5 - /boot > hda6 - / > hda1 - a FAT partition for Windows 98 > hda2 - an extended partition, I assume connected to the Windows installation > > When I installed Gentoo and configured Grub, I did: > > root (hd0,4) > setup (hd0) > > and copied an old grub.conf that seems to be correct. Now Linux boots fine, > but selecting Windows hangs. Presumably I installed the MBR in the wrong > place and overwrote the Windows loader? Someone on #gentoo suggested I boot > with the Windows boot disk and do an fdisk /mbr. That stopped bootup from > finding grub, but Windows hung at the same place. > > Any suggestions on how to fix this, given these tools: the Windows 98 SE CD > and the boot disk generated by the Windows installer? > > (This is veering off into Windows question territory but, since I'm writing > -- is there a way to download or otherwise obtain the a copy of the original > boot floppy for the Windows box set?) > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
