Thanks for your reply. When I deleted the hda1 partition through
Linux's fdisk, I did not create any new partition on those sectors.
My new partition table looks like the following:
Original partition (before using fdisk):
Dev. Boot Begin Start End Blocks
Id System
/tmp/hda1 * 1 1 616 2483680+
b Unknown
/tmp/hda2 617 617 786 685440
b Unknown
New partition table looks like the following:
Dev. Boot Begin Start End Blocks
Id System
/tmp/hda2 617 617 624 32256
82 Linux swap
/tmp/hda3 625 625 636 48384
83 Linux native
/tmp/hda4 637 637 786 604800
83 Linux native
So basically I have repartitioned hda2. Do you think win95 on hda1 is
lost?
Thanks
Jay
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From: Donnie McInis[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 29, 1998 4:05 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: The recipient's address is unknown.
Subject: Re: HELP!! made mistake in fdisk
If you deleted the partition for hda1 and that is where your win95 is
. I think There's nothing you can do but repartition
reformat and start over.
sorry
Dmc
Dan Cyr wrote:
> My opinion is that you are screwed. However, someone out there with
more
> years under their belt might know of some super duper utility to fix
this,
> so wait for more responses before you start crying.
>
> Dan
>
> At 02:11 PM 6/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >I ran into trouble while trying to install Linux. I was wondering
if
> >anyone can give some advice on how to recover from it. The
following
> >is a description of the problem:
> >
> >I used fdisk to partition my only harddrive. Thereafter I proceeded
to
> >install Linux on the newly created partition. When I reached the
point
> >on creating the Linux partitions this is what I saw.
> >
> >Dev. Boot Begin Start End Blocks
Id System
> >/tmp/hda1 * 1 1 616
2483680+ b Unknown
> >/tmp/hda2 617 617 786
685440 b Unknown
> >
> >In order to make sure that I did nothing to my dos partition
(Windows
> >95) I used the "d" option (delete) in fdisk to get rid off hda1. I
> >feel that this is the mistake I made. Thereafter I repartitioned
hda2
> >for all the appropriate partions (root,swap,home etc.) for Linux
and
> >the installation went fine. At the end of it I am using LILO as my
> >booting utility which I installed in the Master boot record.
> >
> >After completing my installation when I reboot LILO staright away
> >takes me to LINUX
> >and I don't know how to boot to Windows95. In fact if I use a DOS
> >bootable floppy I get to A: but it no longer recognizes my hard
drive
> >(i.e. when I do dir C:, it says drive not found)
> >
> >Have I made a mistake beyond repair? I found in the documentation
for
> >fips that I might still be able to run Linux's fdisk (by booting
from
> >the Linux boot floppy) and restore the partition (hda1). I tried
this
> >and was able to create hda1 with the "n" option of fdisk. I
changed
> >the system type and boot indicator (*) as shown above to make sure
> >that it looks the same as when it did the first time. But I did
not
> >have the confidence of saving the output fdisk and came out of it.
Do
> >you think I should proceed in this manner?
> >
> >Please let me know your opinion. I am very hopeful on your
feedback.
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Jayanta Guin
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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