after trying to find problems with my linux xf86config file and discovering a poor install such as very few if any utilitys could be found i figured i havent done much with the system and simply formatted my linux partition and reloaded linux, well i figured i had a successful install i managed to play with the various settings and even found a theme that was made with the laptop user in mind, well i decided i needed to figure out tar files because my computer needs a particular set of files or i cant run it too long due to the fan not running, so i tried to reboot, linux unloaded no problem. restarted the computer try to load windows well it decides it doesnt want to start and automatically throws me into the starting point again so i run scan disk and defrag in safemode and then reboot grub starts to load, next thing i know, i see grub)_ press tab for available options this disturbed me so i type linux command not found TYPED windows command not found so i press tab i get a set of options including boot ok typed boot linux starts to load and then it gets down to kernel panic! system stops ctrl alt del reboot the system i try my boot disk wich i made right after i installed linux, (fianlly after having linux for 3 weeks) it starts to load linux kernel panic! ok lets try to use the recover feature dont know what it was trying to do i guess load a modified version of linux well it crashed must be a bad boot disk ontop of something wrong with linux, aparently copied over when i made the boot disk so i get the install disk and use the recover feature it worked now i have [$recover@root$] ok lets try fdisk hda5 aparently is larger then it was partitioned for i finally using maximum linux magazine used the windows boot disk to restore the booting procedure but this means i cant boot into linux, should i try and install lilo or osxboot or something, but what about the kernel is that just totally jacked up, i need some serious help, and i shouldnt keep formatting and reinstalling linux thats killing my disk space given that every format kills sets of blocks
