Rodolfo wrote: > Some months ago I took off another 10 GB from my MS Windows partition > and created a second linux partition besides the one I already had > on my PC, and installed Mandrakelinux 10.1 there (the old one > was 9.1). But I didn't know all the things one has to be careful to > when installing a second linux operating system, (things I learned > later), so I did mistakes. Probably I installed the second linux partition > in the master boot record instead of the first sector of the root partition, > and also other mistakes. Anyway, after installing the second linux partition, > the old one wouldn't start any more, although I can access all its filesystem > from the new one. > > Now I wonder if there is some rescue way to resuscitate the old partition > and make it start again. > Maybe in properly editing /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf the possible solution? > > [...] > > Now the old 9.1 partition can start, finally. > However, something is still wrong with it. > In fact every operation, also the log in, is very slow, > and even the mouse is trembling and moving slowly. > > Maybe the problem is kernel related. In fact, when I log in, > the system comes up as 10.1 Community, but with the old 2.4.x kernel > (the one included in Mandrake 9.1). It's a sort of a monstruos (10.1)-(9.1) > mixture. > > Maybe the partition could be healed if I installed the new 2.6.x kernel? > I did: `# urpmi kernel-source-2.6', and the installation was performed: > a new directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-10mdk was created, > but now I don't know how to go on.
SnapafunFrank wrote: > To help us help you, how about you post here your lilo.conf and the > result of the " df -h " command I already attached in my previous message the two lilo.conf, the one from the `master' partition and the one from the `sick' one. Here's the output of: `$ df -h': # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 2.5G 1.9G 515M 79% / /dev/hda1 17G 4.5G 13G 27% /mnt/windows /dev/hda7 9.7G 4.1G 5.1G 45% /mnt/linux2 /dev/hda8 2.5G 2.2G 98M 96% /mnt/linux3 /dev/hda9 2.5G 2.1G 214M 91% /mnt/linux4 /dev/hda10 2.6G 798M 1.7G 33% /mnt/linux5 . Thanks indeed, Rodolfo ____________________________________________________________ Libero Flat, sempre a 4 Mega a 19,95 euro al mese! Abbonati subito su http://www.libero.it
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