Hi, ok, Im a total noob with Linux, I just installed RedHat 9.0 to mess around with, and was trying to learn it by fiddling around. And I was doing ok too, until I realised my Win98 was corrupted, and so decided to reinstall it. Now, I did know that installing Windows after isntalling Linux is a no-no .... But, I was willing to take a risk, because I was kinda desperate to get Windows in working order. So, I went ahead and just reinstalled over the existing installation. Now, my system currently WAS running RedHat 9.0, Win98SE and Win 2000. So, GRUB would load first, and if I chose Windows, then Id get the 2000 bootloader. The moment I reinstalled Win98, it ensured the my GRUB was kicked into oblivion, thus leaving me with only the 2000 bootloader! Now, I have no way of getting into my Linux... I cant even use PartitionMagic or any such thing on it, because i used ext3 and the damn thing is not recognised at all!
Oh, and the story doesnt end there. I still had my 'trusty' Linux BootDisk, and I happily put that in, only to realise that the frickin (sidenote - is swearing condemned or encouraged on this list?) disk was corrupt too, and couldnt do anything. Now, I still have the option of using my Linux cds and getting things back to normal, but I just want to know if I can do anything to restore my system without using the cds again.... Can I possibly use a boot disk created on another Linux Installation (same distro)??? Or is there any other manual method of getting back in business??? oh, why did I call Win98 the antichrist? Coz after reinstalling and messing up my Linux, as it turns out with any attempt to reinstall and salvage, Win98 was only messed up EVEN more, and so, I finally decieded to reformat and reinstall from scratch.... And, well, many of u might have already guessed, I lost the Win 2000 bootloader too!!!!! And using the CD to 'repair' Win2k would not work, coz for some reason it refused to find any installation of 2k on my HDD! So, I had to entirely reinstall 2k too!!!!! Nice mess, I know... :-) PS - Anybody here using an AMD proc on a nForce2 based board? Im wondering how in the hell I install the onboard LAN drivers for the nForce2 board!? I got the 'nice' installation rpm for all drivers from the nVidia site, and after installing those, my Linux conf files even show a second eth, 'nvnet' ... Only problem is that when I try to probe it for the MAC address, it doesnt even find the device. I dont know squat about installing drivers in Linux, so any help on that area too, would be highly welcomed! Thanks in advance, Karthik __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by OSDN developer relations Here's your chance to show off your extensive product knowledge We want to know what you know. Tell us and you have a chance to win $100 http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?HRPT1X3RYQNC5V4MLNSV3E54 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
