Russ Cook wrote:
I have also read the referenced mini-HowTos. Additional info - the Maxtor drive came with a utility called EZ-Drive, which is still active during boot. I have a syslog entry which reads: Partition check: hda: [EZD] [remap 0->1] Do I need to overwrite the first sector to restore the MBR? I can still boot from floppy, but I'm at a loss as to how to restore my hard drive so I can boot directly from it. Thanks for any help. On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:I have a 30 GB Maxtor hard drive, with a 15 MB boot partition as the first partition. This is followed by root and swap. Apparently, I have somehow corrupted my partition table, because on boot I get the message NO PT, HIT ANY KEY TO CONTINUE When I do so, Lilo responds with LIL- and hangs. I can still boot from floppy, but only the older 2.2.X kernels. I have read the Large Disk How-To, but can't figure out what's wrong. Can anyone help? Thanks much, RussThe Partition Rescue mini HOWTO sounds relevant. The Linux Partition HOWTO, which is another mini HOWTO has a section about Recovering a Deleted Partition Table. Both are from the LDP. -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(at-no-spam)bezeqint.net Please replace (at-no-spam) with an at - @ - character. (at-no-spam) is meant for unsolicitate mail senders only.
Since you are dealing with Maxtor drive using EZ-Drive software, look at http://www.maxtor.com/softwaredownload/default.htm also. Maxtor has utility, baktrak.exe, for restoring corrupted partition tables.
-- Jerome