Re: dual-boot after crash
Thanks guys!
It worked great.
All though the hard drive did pass the fcsk.ext2, I am
having some problems
--- "guardian@skip.cz" <guardian@skip.cz> wrote:
>
> Hi too!
>
> 1. boot from debian-floppybootdisk
> 2. (if you have EXT3 on your partition and if you
> have a FSCK.EXT3 prog
> on FLOPPY, then: fsck.ext3 /dev/hdaX (X = number of
> your DEBIAN partition)
> 3. mkdir /mnt/mydebian
> 4. mount dev/hdaX /mnt/mydebian (X = number of your
> DEBIAN partition)
> 5. chroot /mnt/mydebian
> 6. run lilo # lilo
>
> This will work, if lilo.conf on your debian
> partition have ALL WORKING
> INGREDIENTS:
> 1. correct path to kernel
> 2. correct path to initrd (if needed)
> 3. correct path to your XP (if you want boot XP too)
>
> GoodLuck.
>
>
>
> Luis Finotti wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >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?
> >
> >Finally how would I make Lilo give me the dual-boot
> >option?
> >
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> >Best to all,
> >
> >Luis
> >
> >
> >
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>
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