--- Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Hendrickx wrote: > > > > I've screwed up badly. I installed Linux on the second segment of > my > > primary IDE drive and now I can't boot into Windows 95. What's > more, > > if I boot from a floppy my c-disk or any other hard disk isn't > > recognized anymore. Help! I've tried fdisk /mbr from a floppy, > that > > didn't work. The Windows files are there, I can access them as > > /dev/DOS_hda1. Any suggestions? > [snip] > > John....open konsole, su to root and execute: > > fdisk /dev/hda > > then type: > > p > > then using your mouse and left mouse button highlight the > output of the 'p' command you just did. Paste it into a reply > to this message, using your middle mouse button. Here is what > mine looks like: > > Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 787 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 104 209632+ 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda2 105 787 1376928 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 105 231 256000+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda6 232 235 8032+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 236 239 8032+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 240 243 8032+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda9 244 247 8032+ 83 Linux > I've included the output as an attachment because I don't seem to be able to paste in Netscape 4.75. I tried using kfm as a browser instead but it doesn't send my name and password properly to Yahoo. And posting via kmail doesn't seem to be accepted (or maybe it just takes a long time). In any case, the output looks similar to yours. /dev/hda1 is recognized as a FAT32 boot device. I should be able to boot Windows, but I can't. The problem could be related to the fact that my BIOS doesn't recognize the geometry of this disk because it's larger than 8G. I've installed Disk Manager software from the manufacturer Seagate and I suspect that something is screwed up there. I get a prompt during boot to press the spacebar to boot from a floppy but if I try that now the boot hangs after a few seconds. That's what happens with my Win95 rescue disk too, autoexec.bat and config.sys disabled (the DM software is installed on this floppy). I can boot with my Win95 installation floppy in a normal manner, before I get the spacebar prompt. If I do that, fdisk recognizes only 8M, no partitions. The Seagate DM diskette also boots but doesn't recognize partitions. Reinstalling the Seagate DM software doesn't help, neither does rewriting the MBR from the Seagate DM diskette. I could try repartioning with the Seagate DM diskette. Maybe I could get it to recognize the partitions but I suspect I'll lose everything if I do that. There's not enough space on my slave IDE disk to hold all the Win95 files, otherwise I could just reformat the primary disk and be done with it. Looks bleak. Any suggestions> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1866 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 467 3751146 b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 468 1867 11245500 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 468 469 16033+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 935 1401 3751146 b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda7 1402 1867 3743113+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda8 470 752 2273166 83 Linux /dev/hda9 753 784 257008+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda10 785 935 1212876 83 Linux
