Hi, On 19 Feb 2002, Shriram Shrikumar wrote:
> > To verify, try: > > less -f /dev/sda1 (where sda1 is your windoze partition) > > If it displays something like: <blabla> > It does display something very similar - I figure you are running a > different language from me though cos the text is mine is english > (Invalid Disk etc.) > > > then your partition table should be correct (as far as it concerns > > windoze). And can you still boot Linux? > > Not sure if it boot windoze just now - LILO fails though so I couldn't > update the kernel or such If I wanted to. > but the partition seems ok. What error does LILO give you when you try to boot windoze? > > What does > > fdisk -l /dev/sda > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2491 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 1 158 1269103+ b Win95 FAT32 > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary: > phys=(1023, 24, 30) should be (1023, 254, 63) > /dev/hda2 159 184 208845 83 Linux > /dev/hda4 313 2491 17502817+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 313 571 2080386 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda6 572 1403 6683008+ b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda7 1404 1467 514048+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda8 1468 1589 979933+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda9 1590 1640 409626 83 Linux > /dev/hda10 1641 1768 1028128+ 83 Linux > > > fdisk -l -u /dev/sda > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2491 cylinders > Units = sectors of 1 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 63 2538269 1269103+ b Win95 FAT32 > Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary: > phys=(1023, 24, 30) should be (1023, 254, 63) > /dev/hda2 2538270 2955959 208845 83 Linux > /dev/hda4 5012280 40017914 17502817+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 5012343 9173114 2080386 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda6 9173178 22539194 6683008+ b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda7 22539258 23567354 514048+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda8 23567418 25527284 979933+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda9 25527348 26346599 409626 83 Linux > /dev/hda10 26346663 28402919 1028128+ 83 Linux > > Ok, print these two tables on paper. Remember: you can fiddle around with the partition table as much as you want, it won't affect the data stored on the partitions. You can always change it back if it turns out wrong. But as I see, hda1 ends on block 2548269 and hda2 starts at 2538270. So whatever you want to do, it will cause data loss. hda1 is as big as it can be, so if you make it bigger you will erase a part of the linux partition (the most important part) and shrinking makes you loose data on the windoze partition. But can you mount the windoze partition under Linux? (mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt)? If so, the fats are ok too. Then the problem could be the master boot record. Make a bootdisk for Linux (dd if=/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 will do in most cases) and test it. Now grab your win98 bootdisk and boot with it. Do you have access to the C: dirve? Yes? Great. Now run under dos 'fdisk /mbr'. This will erase the mbr and install the default windoze one. Check if windoze will start now. Then boot with your Linux bootdisk and install Lilo again. If it does not see your C: drive correctly, well, let's see about that another time. > Is there an easy way for me to update the partition info for the first > partition to say 2023, 254, 63 or 157, 254, 63 (whichever would be > right) without fiddling with anything else ? > As I said above, hda1 is captured between the beginning of the disk and hda2, so don't fiddle. Greetz, Sebastiaan > Any further thoughts. > > > Shri > PS - Linux boots fine since it is the second partition (as you can see > from the above outputs) >
