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
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