On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 09:18:24AM -0400, Jer wrote: > On 14-07-08 02:49 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >I have this really weird problem. The brief version is that copying > >files from Linux to a Windows drive is "corrupting" the drive and I > >can't even see the BIOS screen on startup, it just hangs there. I need > >to connect the drive through a USB enclosure and wipe out the partition > >to be able to boot again. > > > > Maybe you copied the files to the windows first partition which is > like a boot partition? Windows makes a small first partition then a > large one. I don't think linux should automount that but maybe you > mounted manually /dev/sdX1? > > Seems unlikely since windows only makes a 100MB partition I think, > but something to consider perhaps.
Would that be the so-called EFI partition? With UEFI booting, I'm told Linux uses that too -- where it stores things it need to have on hand for the *real* boot. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://bureau.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
