Vijairaj R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > insert the win XP installation CD and enter in the recovery console....
> > on the recovery console prompt, execute the command "chkdsk / r"
> > this is your last option. If this doesn't work try reinstalling WinXP
> >
> The same problem happened to me sometime before when i installed FreeBSD. I
> had XP in a logical partition and FreeBSD was installed in a primary
> partition. Naturally by the windows naming convention the partition count for
> XP has to be incremented and it worked for me on doing so.
>
> I don't know what your situation is but i think reinstalling will not be
> necessary if you haven't disturbed the XP partition.
It would be a far better idea to boot in with a linux rescue CD (or any
bootable linux CD that lets you specify the root partition - hopefully you
remember which of /dev/hdaX was your linux root partition)
Then once you do this, run lilo again and you're good to go.
srs
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