On Sat, 26 May 2001, Prasanna David G wrote:
> --- Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sat, 26 May 2001, Prasanna David G wrote:
> >
> > |This is the command I tried to mount it:
> > |
> > |mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c
> >
> > the above command should work for FAT filesystems!
> > if you are using ntfs you will have to change the
> > filesystem type!
> >
>
> Mine FAT16 only. The same command did work earlier.
Do you have the correct FS drivers compiled in to ther kernel or as
modules?
Changing lilo.conf is usually as a result of a kernel recompile...
Check if the new kernel has vfat/msdos support in it.
>
>
> --- Naren Devaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You can use this file and restore the MBR to the
> > pre(initial)LILO state.
> >
> > dd if=/path/to/boot.0300 of=/dev/hda
> >
> > Once this is done, LILO is gone... and the system
> > should only boot into
> > NT. To boot Linux, you will need a Linux bootdisk/CD
>
> I tried this also, but no use.
>
>
> I think this is what happened. Please correct me
> if I am wrong.
>
> When I installed a lilo with few options, it was ok.
> But the second time, I installed it with lots of
> options. This time, lilo went on writing beyond the
> limit of MBR. So my filesystem on hda1 got corrupt.
> If this is true, is this a bug in lilo ? Is there any
> way I can get back the data in that partition ?
The MBR is in the first 512 bytes... and I am unaware of anything that
makes LILO exceed that limit.
Try booting from the CD kernel image with your root partition.
Then try mounting the fs.
The last resort is to use a DOS floppy (with fdisk in it) and after
booting DOS, run FDISK /MBR to restore the DOS boot sector.
Since you say your files are in a FAT16 Partition, you can then make
copies of the files you need to recover and then correct your systems
state.
>
>
> Prasanna David
>
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