Re: Help! FAT magic number corrupted!
On 16 Oct 1998, Rene Hojbjerg Larsen wrote:
> > fsck.msdos on /dev/hda1 returns:
> > Currently, only 2 FATs are supported, not 81.
> >
> > Hmm. Why does it think I have 81 FATs on one partition?
>
> It seems that the file system on /dev/hda1 is hosed :-(
>
I would agree here, every time I see 81, 82 and 83, I instantly associate
them with linux/minix Partition ID's.
Since your hda1 appears to be set to 81, (Linux/MINIX) I would worry.
Maybe changing it back? I dunno... Just looks that way to me.
Another mention, if you have a /boot/boot.0301 file, you are in luck... I
guess a probable course of action would be:
1) make sure /dev/hda1 has the correct ID
2) write /boot/boot.0301 to your MBR
(cant remember how... `cat` should do it.)
(`cat boot.0301 > /dev/hda`??)
Then try rebooting.. Might work, but dont try it till someone else says
that it would work... It's a guess on my behalf.
Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)
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