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
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