What is in your /etc/fstab file? Did you by any chance update your kernel?
What did you do when you used fdisk? Thanks, Ron --- Anguo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Frank and all! > > > anyway, what exactly is the problem when you try to boot? > > The systems boots up but a lot of messages error appear. > I can run linux: / and /usr are mounted but /home and /files (where I > keep > a large amount of personnal files) are not mounted. I can use linux as a > user but the user's directory is not there... > > /mnt/windows/ (c:/ drive) is mounted properly but > /mnt/windows2/ (d:/ drive) is not. D:/ incidentally mysteriously stopped > one > day being recognized by windows too so that I cannot access this > partition > either through windows nor through linux... > > > if you can't get it sussed, boot from the mandrake CD, and do an > > /expert/upgrade and after it > > has run though, it should have fixed your problem.. > > After having unsuccesfully tried to solve the problem for a while, I > decided > to reinstall completely in expert mode, just reformating / and /usr... > but > the installer couldn't read the partition table meaning that I would > have > needed to erase every thing in order to repartition the disk... No need > to > tell you that I promptly quit the install program. > > > Thanks for replying. > :-D > > Anguo > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > ±H¥óªÌ: Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Frist, you shouldn't post in html, it annoys people who may not answer > in > > response to that.. > > and its more annoying because my reply is now probably html as well. > > I am very surprised that you received the mail in html since I am > usually > careful to send plain text (the default for my mail client is plain > text). > Also the original of the message below that I forwarded is also plain > text. > Your reply came to me as plain text too... > > Anyway, I am sorry if I mixed up something somewhere... > > (I hope that this one is properly send in plain text). > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Dear Experts, > > > > > > I tried to get help on the following topic on the newbie list but my > > question seems to advanced for the group. > > I also did some research on google, read some howtos and some mailing > list > > archives but so far, the more I read, the more I am confused. :-( > > Since the matter involves the potential loss of a large amount of > data, I > > really would care to get some informed advice. > > Thank you for any help (and thank you anyway if you can't help me or > don't > > have time to... ). :-D > > > > (using lm8.1) > > > > In the following HOWTO: > > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Partition-Rescue/x67.html > > > > I see that the result of fdisk gives a listing of the following > format: > > > > Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 523 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/hdb1 1 153 1228941 83 Linux > > /dev/hdb2 154 166 104422+ 82 Linux swap > > /dev/hdb3 * 167 291 1004062+ 83 Linux > > /dev/hdb4 295 523 1839442+ 5 Extended > > /dev/hdb5 295 422 1028128+ 83 Linux > > /dev/hdb6 423 523 811251 6 FAT16 > > > > Mine however looks much stranger: > > > > #fdisk -l > > > > Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, > 3649 > > cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End > Blocks > > Id System > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 * 1 216 > 1734988+ > > b Win95 FAT32 > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 217 292 > 610470 > > 83 Linux > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 293 2846 > 20515005 > > 5 Extended > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 2202 2583 > 3068415 > > 83 Linux > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 293 342 > 401593+ > > 82 Linux swap > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 343 1106 > 6136798+ > > 83 Linux > > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 ? 224061 112815 > 1253901899 > > 29 Unknown > > > > I can't use Linux now. > > Do you know where does the problem come from and how I could solve > it??? > > > > I just stumbled on this: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mandrake-Linux/message/1445 > > "for my hard drive (hda), I have the following symlinks: > > /dev/hda ---> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc > > /dev/hda1 ---> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 > > /dev/hda2 ---> /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 > > and so on." > > but i don't know if it is relevant at all... > > > > And also following a link from google, I find this quote: > > > http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/SGI/xfs/Release-1.0/RH7.1-SGI-XFS-1.0/RedHat/RP > > MS/devfsd-1.3.11-sgi.i386.html > > "(DiskDrake won't like /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 instead > of > > /dev/hda1 ...)" > > I used diskdrake to add one partition and my problems started (not > > immediately) after that... > > The rest of the page doens't give anything helpful though... > > > > I am puzzleder and puzzleder. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > Anguo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Below is the background information from my previous posts. > > > > > > > > > > > > Linux doesn't mount /home and other important partitions at boot. > It > > does > > > > mount / and /usr though... > > > > It does mount win98 c:/ but not d:/ .... win98 can't read d:/ > anymore. > > > > There seems to be a problem with my partition table... > > > > > > > > I am still investigating how I can solve the problem. I found the > > > partition > > > > rescue mini howto which may or may not be relevant in my case. > > > > I'll look more for the answer but if anyone knows where the > problem is > > and > > > > could give me some pointers, I'd be grateful. > > > > > > Would you please post the content of "cat /etc/fstab" > > > > > /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > > /dev/hda7 /archive ext2 defaults 1 2 > > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > > /dev/hda9 /files ext2 defaults 1 2 > > > /dev/hda8 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > > > /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom auto > > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 > === message truncated ===> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > ===== ^C quit :q exit ? help shit __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! 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