It is possible that partition numbers and partition order are different. fdisk can be used correct this problem. even if this is not corrected, a live cd having having grub on it can be used to detect on which partition linux is installed if from grub: find /boot/grub/stage1 should get something like (hd0,x) meaning linux is installed in the (x+1)th partition then from grub issue the following commands: root (hd0,x) setup (hd0)
2009/2/15 ama <[email protected]> > > Hello, > One of my friend used a dual boot of Mandriva GNU/Linux and Windows XP in > his computer. Few days back, he became fully confident of using GNU/Linux > alone in his system. I removed his Windows partition, the swap and ext3 > partition and installed Mandriva 2009. Thats where the problem began. > After I installed Mandriva and restarted the system, the GRUB was not > showing up and the system won't boot. I re-installed the GRUB from a live > cd, but same result. Some what I was able to bring up GRUB by using > makeactive command in GRUB terminal. Mandriva booted, but it is only > recognizing two partitions where the hard disk is actually having five > partitions. Here is a rough sketch of partition layout. > > /dev/sda1 swap > Logical partition starts here: > /dev/sda5 ntfs > /dev/sda6 ntfs > /dev/sda7 ntfs (this is the one that is refusing to mount) > /dev/sda8 ext3 (root partition for mandriva) > > Its strange that the new root partition for Mandriva is numbered as sda8. > When I use mount like > mount /dev/sda7 disk/ or mount -t ntfs /dev/sda7 disk/ > result is mount: special device /dev/sda9 does not exist > I also tried ntfs-3g, but it fails saying that failed to access volume. > Gparted and fdisk say that the partition is there. > > Please help me to fix this problem as I don't want my friend to install > Windows for just accessing the partition. > > Regards, > Ansal. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
