Hello,
I send you all this email, hoping an answer before formatting my hard drive :(
To GRUB specialists (developpers & so): if you never heard about this, tell
me. May be isn't it because GRUB.
the background:
I'm used for few years to boot my PC under Linux with lilo, but since I
upgraded my system few months ago with Mandrake 7.2 distro I use the GRUB now.
I swap between Linux & Window$98 systems and my hard drive is divided into 4
partitions, 2 partitions FAT32, 1 Linux swap & 1 ext2fs.
the problem:
I switched ON my computer, nothing on the screen but "GRUB >", MBR seemt
corrupted. Booting with Win98 CDROM, I did "c:\fdisk /mbr" to restore a
usable MBR, thinking about re-install the GRUB later.
Then, I booted again, with my virgin MBR. Win98 works, but D: partition is no
more there! My Linux partitions also seem go away!
panic:
I tried to boot with linux distro CDROM: "no valid linux partition found" (or
something like that)
I tried the well-known Partition Magic software: 1 partition found, other
space is marked "unformatted".
question:
is it a known GRUB'bug?
why this email:
it is the second time I got this problem, 2 times on a system I just (few
month before) installed GRUB & no more lilo.
Then, I think it's may be GRUB'fault. But may be am I wrong, I didn't noticed
anything in the mailing-list's archives.
The 1st time, I had a backup of the system, but now I have valuable data on
the D: ghost-partition & scare have all lost.
Don't hesitate to email me, even just:
"I follow GRUB developpement & never heard about that, sorry dude".
thanks to have read this email.
Vince
PS: forgive my "french" english
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