> After reinstalled win2k, I can no longer access > my existing Linux installation. Sadly, I didn't create a boot disk. I don't know if this will work out of w2k, but it's worth a shot. Note this will only work if you can boot the machine from a floppy, and if you know the location of your root partition (/dev/hda1 etc) - First, go to a debian mirror site, say http://mirror.direct.ca/pub/linux/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.23-2001-04-15/images-1.44/ and get the file called rescue.bin - Head to mirror.direct.ca/pub/liunx/debian/tools and get rawrite1.zip or rawrite2.zip (these are programs to let you do a dd from dos.) - unpack rawrite and use it to dump the rescue.bin image onto a blank floppy. - Reboot the machine from the floppy at the boot: prompt, type rescue root=<name of your partition> hit F1/F3 for help. -Once the machine boots, mount the boot partition (if you have a seperate one), set up your /etc/lilo.conf (if needed),invoke /sbin/lilo, and restart the machine from the hard disk. I use a similar method whenever my MBR gets trashed, except I have a Mandrake CD lying around, which works along the same lines. BTW, if you don't know the location of your root partition, and you can find a Mandrake CD or something that works similarly, the CD has a self-contained installation on it, allowing you to mount filesystems and determine which one's the root. > thanks a lot for any tip. No prob. Hope this does the trick. -- Mike The world is no nursery. - Sigmund Freud
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