Re: OT: LBA, LILO, repartitioning
so from what i see..
linux works
win32 (i can't bring myself to say the full word it gives me the chills)
does not.
what does win32 say when you try to boot it ?
sounds like you may just have to reinstall that .. or try fdisk /mbr ?
or get a boot disk and do sys c: ?
nate
Jonathan Markevich wrote:
>
> OK, I threw LILO in there to avoid being *completely* off topic, but it is
> related...
>
> I had Windows refuse to load for an unexplainable reason the other day, and
> even my floppy drive INSISTS that the HD be set to LBA before anything
> works. The problem is that I've been running CHS for over a year now on my
> Maxtor 17 GB drive, through an upgrade to Potato, etc. Linux works with no
> problem!
>
> So my problem is...
>
> How can I switch to LBA? Do I have to delete all partitions before I can
> switch the drive over? If so, I'd have a hard time saving my data and my
> potato install, since it's become so big and customized. I'm right now
> backing up on to QIC-80 tapes, but they're awfully small and I'm only on my
> 8th tape in about 4 hours, and this is only my root and usr partitions!
>
> Any suggestions at all? Is it possible to switch the drive, delete and
> recreate one partition at a time? This is where LILO comes in, since it won't
> boot (LI...) if I do so. Is this just asking for trouble?
>
> I'd hate to even have to reinstall potato, since I'd have to download an
> awful lot over a 56k line..
>
> Feel free to respond off-list, if you feel this is too far off-topic; this
> is just a good place to find gurus! (Grues? Ahh! Turn on the light!)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Jonathan Markevich <jmarkevich@mad.scientist.com>
> http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich
> == It's VIRUSES, not VIRII! See http://language.perl.com/misc/virus.html ==
>
> I'D LIKE TO BE BURIED INDIAN-STYLE, where they put you up on a high rack,
> above the ground. That way, you could get hit by meteorites and not even
> feel it.
> -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
--
:::
ICQ: 75132336
http://www.aphroland.org/
http://www.linuxpowered.net/
aphro@aphroland.org
Reply to: