On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 21:49, Luis Finotti wrote: > I recently had some problems with my computer and had > to reinstall Windows XP. After I done that, I don't > get the LILO screen with boot options anymore. It > starts XP automatically. I checked and the Windows XP > C: drive is the size of the original partition, so I > think my Linux partition is still there. > > So, I would like to set the computer for dual-boot > again. But at this point I don't have access to the > Linux partition. I just made a bootable floppy from: > > http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/index.html > > So, I guess that that will allow me to "see" the linux > partition. > > I am not sure if after the crash my linux partition is > OK. So I wanted to check its integrity. (cfsck?) > How would I do that? Hi, If you use a debian rescue disk, you can boot into your system this by passing the kernel the correct arguments such as linux root=/dev/yourrootpartition after its booted up, you should be able to just run lilo to re-install it. HTH, Shri -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shri Shrikumar U R Byte Solutions Tel: 0845 644 4745 I.T. Consultant Edinburgh, Scotland Mob: 0773 980 3499 Web: www.urbyte.com Email: shri@urbyte.com
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