Ray Olszewski wrote:
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> At 05:49 AM 12/28/98 +0000, Akintayo Holder wrote:
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> >so the drive is not gone yet?. It still has functioning parts?. It is
> >not possible that LILO is stored on the other HD, I had a special Linux
> >drive the other HD had wincrap on it.
>
> You haven't told us enough about your setup to allow for good guesses about
> the state of your hard disks. I suggest you provide this information:
>
> 1. How many physical hard disks are in the system.
2 physical drives, the first drive hda is still alive and kicking
>
> 2. How each is partitioned (how many partitions, and what OS on each).
originally Linux was on the second drive alone, with a small FAT
partition for data transfer. The Linux drive was #2, with LILO 'on' the
MBR of the first drive
>
> 3. Which is the IDE master on the first IDE line (IRQ 14)? This is the one
> that will have the MBR that controls booting, even with multiple OSs
> (unless, that is, you are using a floppy to boot into Linux). So it is
> *possible* that the LILO loader is on the HD with "wincrap".
The Windoze HD is the lone drive and the IDE Master on the 1st line,
LILO is definitely on the drive
>
> 4. Which drives/partitions are failing.
the whole of the second drive is failing, the error occurs during the
partition check. Linux boots and i have a boot partition for maintenance
but ....
>
> 5. What method you are using to boot Linux.
LILO to dual boot with Windoze
>
> 6. When you go into this unfamiliar mode after a Linux boot, what results do
> you get from a "df" command?
i got a root (/) of about 5 or 50 M, it was since last week. There were
no others available. I generally have 6 partitions in df including FAT
partitions.
>
> 7. What did you base your original statement that "My Linux HD died" on?
>
the Linux partition check error, it said something about DMA and ide
being reset
the death rattle the HD was making
the drive absence in Windoze, the FAT partition used to be visible from
Windows.
I think it is an hardware problem, I just want Linux to boot quickly
until I can remove the drive. The drive is not in fstab the time
consuming check occurs during partition check, when Linux lists the
partitions available. I also wanted to know if I can replace the drive
without reinstalling Linux.
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