If you deleted the partition for hda1 and that is where your win95 is . I think
There's nothing you can do but repartition
reformat and start over.
sorry
Dmc
Dan Cyr wrote:
> My opinion is that you are screwed. However, someone out there with more
> years under their belt might know of some super duper utility to fix this,
> so wait for more responses before you start crying.
>
> Dan
>
> At 02:11 PM 6/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >I ran into trouble while trying to install Linux. I was wondering if
> >anyone can give some advice on how to recover from it. The following
> >is a description of the problem:
> >
> >I used fdisk to partition my only harddrive. Thereafter I proceeded to
> >install Linux on the newly created partition. When I reached the point
> >on creating the Linux partitions this is what I saw.
> >
> >Dev. Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id
>System
> >/tmp/hda1 * 1 1 616
> 2483680+ b Unknown
> >/tmp/hda2 617 617 786
> 685440 b Unknown
> >
> >In order to make sure that I did nothing to my dos partition (Windows
> >95) I used the "d" option (delete) in fdisk to get rid off hda1. I
> >feel that this is the mistake I made. Thereafter I repartitioned hda2
> >for all the appropriate partions (root,swap,home etc.) for Linux and
> >the installation went fine. At the end of it I am using LILO as my
> >booting utility which I installed in the Master boot record.
> >
> >After completing my installation when I reboot LILO staright away
> >takes me to LINUX
> >and I don't know how to boot to Windows95. In fact if I use a DOS
> >bootable floppy I get to A: but it no longer recognizes my hard drive
> >(i.e. when I do dir C:, it says drive not found)
> >
> >Have I made a mistake beyond repair? I found in the documentation for
> >fips that I might still be able to run Linux's fdisk (by booting from
> >the Linux boot floppy) and restore the partition (hda1). I tried this
> >and was able to create hda1 with the "n" option of fdisk. I changed
> >the system type and boot indicator (*) as shown above to make sure
> >that it looks the same as when it did the first time. But I did not
> >have the confidence of saving the output fdisk and came out of it. Do
> >you think I should proceed in this manner?
> >
> >Please let me know your opinion. I am very hopeful on your feedback.
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Jayanta Guin
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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