Hi
It seems that you lost the lilo boot loader that is stored in the MBR by
norton.You don'nt have to partition or install anything if you have a linux
boot disk, just boot via the boot disk and restore lilo.But the best way is
to do it via the bootable linux installation disk.Boot it up and choose
upgrade and don'nt select anything and continue lilo will be installed.
enjoy.
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Arunav Mandal
Linux System Administrator & Programmer
Mobile: +47 92052560
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>From: "Kinjal Sonpal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: [LIH] Problems with partition table
>Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 20:23:10 +0530
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>USM Bish wrote on Saturday, July 07, 2001 5:27 PM
>
> > Huh ? But you stated on top that you had three PRIMARY
> > partitions ! That is probably where the error lies. You
>
>Yes, my mistake .. there are, as u have stated below, two
>Primary and two Secondary partitions ..
>
> > probably had just two Primary and two Extended logical
> > partitions. Please post your partition table information for
> > clarification.
>
>Here it is ..
>
>-------------------------------- Start ----------------
>Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1245 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/hda1 * 1 747 6000246 b Win95
>FAT32
>/dev/hda2 748 995 1992060 b Win95 FAT32
>/dev/hda3 996 1245 2008125 5 Extended
>/dev/hda5 * 996 1200 1646631 83 Linux
>/dev/hda6 1201 1245 361431 82 Linux swap
>--------------------------------- End ------------------
>
>
> > type fdisk /dev/hda
> >
> > When fdisk loads, type in "p" for print partition table info
> > Jot the full details by hand on paper, then press "q" for
>
>I used -l switch to get the above mentioned output .. is it okay
>? or something is still missing ? I had recently created this
>file
>as I expected this request :-)
>I hope this will do ..
>
>Actually, I forgot to mention in my previous mail that the
>current setup was going quite OK, i.e. , Win98 was showing me
>only 2 partitons that it actually occupies and in proper sequence
>(C & D drives) .. And then one day, out of blue , Norton
>AntiVirus complained me that your MBR has changed while i was
>surfing the net .. So, fearing that some virus might have done
>some malicious work in the MBR, I asked Norton AV to restore
>original MBR after backing up the current one .. However to my
>surprize I landed up in the current situation .. And even the
>backed up MBR is also not restorable as Norton AV oblidges me to
>say that the file is corrupted ..
>
> > Since all bootable systems must be installed on Primary (not
> > extended) partitions, by all probabilities, the partition
>
>I thought this requirement is no longer needed to be fulfilled
>for newer BIOSes ..
>I am not fully aware of it .. Please correct me if i'm wrong
>somewhere (My linux knowledge is still in it's chiledhood :-) )
>JFYI, I'm using Via MVP3 m/b with an AMDK6-2 CPU ..
>
> > table of hda2 (Win D:) has been taken up by Caldera ...
> > You need to repartition your system manually and re-install
> > Caldera after restoring your Windows. For now just post back
>
>Do u mean to reinstall win98 or install Win98 after formatting
>entire HDD ?
>I can afford to reinstall but, I am afraid, I can't afford to
>reformat and repartition the 6gb partition(C drive) ..
>However I can manage to fiddle around with the last 2 partitions
>..
>
> > USM Bish
>
>Thanks for reading this long post .. I hope the list won't mind
>this ..
>And thanks replying also ..
>
>Warm Regards,
>$ sonpal -kj
>
>
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