On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 09:32:37AM +0800, Marvin T. Pascual wrote (wyy sez): > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Horatio B. Bogbindero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 9:10 PM > Subject: [plug] Win2k and Linux Disaster > > > > can anybody point to me somethings i could execute to restore the > > NTFS partitions? i am posting this in the PLUG list apparently > > because linux could have causes the problem in the first place. > > I tried to dual booted Win2k NTFS and Mandrake Linux 8.0 before and I was able > to detect my NTFS partition. If I still remember correctly, I just installed > Win2k NTFS first and Mandrake Linux 8.0. So far, Mandrake Linux 8.0 > automatically detected the Win2k NTFS partition. > apparently, that is what was originally thought to be. anyway, normally in cases like such i use the NT bootloader to load the linux partition. i just install lilo to the boot record of the linux partition and grab it using dd. they i move this image to NT and let it boot from there. this method works flawlessly.
however, this time a conondrum happened and the NTFS partition information was somehow ruined. > But I've read an article or doc which I really don't remember that when > installing Win2k NTFS and Linux in a single drive, you must set your MBR to your > first partition - your Win2k NTFS, and not to usual Linux partition. > huh?? anyway, the MBR has the NT bootloader. -------------------------------------- William Emmanuel S. Yu Ateneo Cervini-Eliazo Networks (ACENT) email : wyy at admu dot edu dot ph web : http://CNG.ateneo.net/wyu/ phone : 63(2)4266001-4186 GPG : http://CNG.ateneo.net/wyu/wyy.pgp War spares not the brave, but the cowardly. -- Anacreon
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