Re: Linux hides my Fat32 data partition
On 4/22/05, Wackojacko <wackojacko32@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> being a relative newbie, and the fact that SWMBO uses my PC, I am still dual
> booting Debian Sarge (2.6.8) with WinXP. I have the following partitions on
> a 160gb SATA drive
>
> WindowsXP - sda1 (NTFS)
> Data - sda2 (Fat32)
> Linux root - sda3
> Linux Home - sda5
> Linux Swap - sda6
>
> My problem is that my data partition keeps disappearing from the WindowsXP
> environment and becomes hidden in Linux. The purpose of this partition is
> to store data that I want to access in both O/Ss and be able to modify it
> from both O/Ss as well, which is a bit difficult if I cant see it :).
>
> I have tried goggling and found various references to Partition Magic which
> I don't own or use. The windows partitions were set up on installation, and
> I have since deleted the data partition and recreated it using Diskpart in
> WinXP (several times) and its OK until I reboot.
>
> I am assuming its a problem with the MBR and maybe a bug in LILO. I've
> tried adding 'Data' as a separate entry in the LILO menu but it is still
> doesn't appear in WinXP.
>
> Please help!
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Wackojacko
First of all, adding the partition in lilo won't help. But where do
you install lilo? (the boot= part in your lilo.conf). I'm thinking
perhaps lilo is installed in the boot sector of your data partition
(which would be strange but one never knows) and windows then detects
the partition changed or something similar and disables access to it.
Next time your partition disappears, try going through the windows
error messages (event log) to see why it is disabling it. Also, when
booting to linux, try using cfdisk to see if something might be wrong
with the partitioning scheme. It could be a multitude of things I
guess.
greets,
Wim
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