Hello again, Thanks for the suggestions. Well, I still have my problem (see first thread on this subject). In preparation to solve my problem I have produced/located all Linux and Win 98 boot floppies that I am likely to need, and because my C: is still accessable from Linux, I have backed up all 14000 (appx) files to a different physical hard disk. I have used Linux fdisk to confirm my partition type is 0b, and that it is marked as bootable. I have also used DOS fdisk, and it can see C: but says its 'System' is UNKNOWN (this column should normally say FAT32 I think). I then tried booting to DOS and running fdisk /mbr. C: was still not accessable, I still get Invalid Media Type reading drive C. Then I rebooted and this time I got stage 1 stage 1.5 (both repeated some 40 times) followed by 'hard disk error'. Now DOS fdisk /mbr should have wiped GRUB from my MBR, but the messages I got are consistent with a GRUB MBR, not a WIn 98 one. fdisk /mbr is supposed to only write the MBR for the master device on the first IDE channel. Anyone know why it didn't for me? Or should I put that question to Microsoft (whom I am sure are all knowledgeable about the effects of GRUB on Windows operating systems <VBG>). I know DOS fdisk /mbr is undocumented, but everyone I have talked to agrees it should overwrite what is present. Anyhow, despite several fdisk /mbr's and grub-install /dev/hda's, I still can not get Windows to boot, C: is still invalid and scandisk can not get at C: to repair it but Linux still thinks its a vfat file system and accesses it OK Wonder if I can run something like Norton utilities via wine...... -- Martin Shaw _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
