Michael wrote: > Hi Nick, > Can you not boot an gentoo or mandrake or knoppix > cd in rescue mode to check or mount your filesystems? > > */ EVIL /* quick check of systems use partition magic 8.0 on the EVIl-os > DOS > > If you boot from a mandrake 10.0 install CD you could PRETEND you were > doing an install up to the stage of partitioning choose custom > partitioning and get a nice GUI showing the drive systems > (DO Not Complete). then if it all looks ok ctrl-alt-del > and nothing will have been installed. > > If the filesystem look OK grub might need reinstalling?
If you manage to fix the problem or once you've reinstalled (which ever) I'd suggestion a modification of the above. Grab an floppy from some where and use Diskdrake (boot from the 1st CD procede to disk partioning go custom and under options or advanced there a back up thingy back up and ctrl + alt + del) to make a back up copy of your partion table on it. Of course once you've done that you might want to back up the floppy on to something thats easier/safer to store. That trick managed to save my data a couple of months ago when Win98 some how managed to screw up the partion table. Chad
