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Original message from: "Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe"
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>Karan wrote:
>
>>If I have to reinstall windows, the MBR gets
>>reinitialised, how do I recover the Linux partition
>>after this?
>>
>>I hear you have to have a recovery disk.
>
>Advising from a very fresh experience: You can use the CD itself as the
>recovery disk. Type "linux rescue" and the cd will boot with a rescue
>image. There you have a variety of commands to set things right. Here's
>what you have to do -
>
>Just type lilo and see what happens. If it doesn't work, here goes -
>1. Create a dummy directory like "/old" or something.
>2. Mount the linux root partition as "mount -t ext2 /dev/hdxx /old" where
>xx stands for whatever partition number you are using.
>3. Now to reinstall lilo, the normal command is "lilo" from a root login.
>But in the rescue mode you will have to type "chroot /old lilo"
>
>Before doing the above, read the chapter on the rescue mode, in the
>installation guide present on the Red Hat CD. For info about chroot, type
>"chroot --help" at the prompt. Remember that the "man" and "info"
>documentation is not available in the rescue mode, unless you type "chroot
>/old man chroot".
>
>Also, to avoid future problems, create a folder on you Windoze partition.
>Copy the kernel into it and the utility called "loadlin" available on the
>CD. You will have to read up a bit on how to use loadlin. It works only if
>you boot into DOS.
>
>Sameer.
>
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