try
C:\format /mbr
and then reinstall lilo
roy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001
2040
Subject: Re: [expert] What might cause
partition table corruption.
yep, and if you own winME and have ever installed a network
assoc program (other than McAfee viru-scan) like McAfee tool box, you will
be so suprised when it runs defrag and ruins all your systemDlls (well not
all, just the ones needed to boot) but M$ won't be suprised.
On
Thursday 06 December 2001 15:30, you wrote: > Running defrag, or
scandisk destroyed my linux > partitions with '98. I disabled it and now
just dont > go to windows unless I need to scan something. >
Scanner progs just dont compare with color matching > in
linux. > > Brian D. Klar - CVE > OTS >
WPAFB > > -----Original Message----- > From: Asheesh Laroia
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 06,
2001 3:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Subject: Re: [expert] What might cause partition table
corruption. > > > On my computer, simply booting into
Windows caused the partition table > corruption. No Anti-Virus
software installed. > > Seriously, I think it's a bug in Win98
that occurs under certain > non-MS-tested circumstances. > >
-- Asheesh. > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Richard Wenninger
wrote: > > Is it possibly Anti-Virus software in windows "repairing"
your boot > > sector? > > > > On Wednesday 05
December 2001 11:13 pm, you wrote: > > > Hi, > >
> > > > My partition table was recently
corrupted, and thanks to the help > > > of this list, I managed to
repair the table and re-install LM8.1. > > > > >
> My main concern now is trying to figure out what
I did that might > > > have caused the corruption. The only unsual
activities just prior to > > > corruption were: > >
> > > > - Copying 3 650MB ISO files from linux reiserfs
partition to FAT32 > > > windows partition. > >
> > > > - I may have left a floppy drive mounted and failed to
log out as > > > root, before shutting down (but surely this
wouldn't affect the > > > partition table). > >
> > > > - Booted windows. Just looked around with Explorer. I
accidentally > > > opened a BIOS flash utility, but exited
immediately, without activating > > > any controls. I dont' think
the utility actually did anything other > > > than show its GUI,
but I can't be certain. Can flashing BIOS (if thats > > > what
happened) affect the partition table ? > > > > >
> Upon leaving windows, Linux would not re-boot,
because it couldn't > > > find the filesystems to mount due to the
partition table corruption. > > > > > > > >
> I use reiserfs for my linux partitions, if that
is a factor. I'd > > > love to hear any ideas about possible
corruption causes. > > > > > > > >
> > > > regards, > > > > > >
Charles.
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