Re: opendos fdisk *shifted* my partitions?
jonas wrote, This is exactly what OpenDOS did with my Linux system too. I fixed the problem by using Linux fdisk. I noted all the start and end cylinders of all partitions, then I removed them all and recreated them at their proper places. No information on the partitions were lost in the process, but don't take my word for it. You should always have backups. I've simply shifted the values in fstag and lilo.conf. It turns out that the problem getting lilo to work again came from using a installation disk to set it up; it used boot=/dev/hda3 rather than boot=/dev/hda rick -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: opendos fdisk *shifted* my partitions?
On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: Getting the bootable flags back wasn't the problem; they're set that way now. But it litterly shifted the partition names; hda1 became hda2, and so forth. Is there any way to change them back? This is exactly what OpenDOS did with my Linux system too. I fixed the problem by using Linux fdisk. I noted all the start and end cylinders of all partitions, then I removed them all and recreated them at their proper places. No information on the partitions were lost in the process, but don't take my word for it. You should always have backups. // Jonas [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2:201/262.37] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
opendos fdisk *shifted* my partitions?
hmm, the home machine seems to be hosed, but good. hda was divided as hda1 tiny opendos partition to launch windows from d (hdb) hda2 linux hda3 linux swap Lilo happily defaulted to whichever was most recently booted. hda2 was the bootable partition in the table. I got the bright idea to play with dosemu again. It only wants to look at bootable partitions, so i used fdisk (linux) to toggle hda1 to bootable. I didn't toggle hda2 while I was at it. dosemu happily set itself up. reboot, and it's to dos. i don't htink lilo ever shoed, but maybe it did. hmm, this isn't right, so used opendos fdisk to un-bootable hda1. it showed hda2 as not bootable, so (i think) i set it to bootable. *wham* now only dos could boot. tried switching back, but the partition table seems to have shifted , to hda2, 3, and 4. I can boot off a diskette, and briefly had lilo booting to linux. I changed fstab and lilo.config to reflect the new setup, but now I get the AF1234 (or whatever it is) instead of lilo. hitting 2 boots dos, and the diskette will do linux, but several tries have failed to get a lilo that will come up. any ideas (other than repartitioning :) rick -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: opendos fdisk *shifted* my partitions?
Richard E. Hawkins Esq., [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 3/21/98 1:23 PM now only dos could boot. tried switching back, but the partition table seems to have shifted , to hda2, 3, and 4. I can boot off a diskette, and briefly had lilo booting to linux. I changed fstab and lilo.config to reflect the new setup, but now I get the AF1234 (or whatever it is) instead of lilo. hitting 2 boots dos, and the diskette will do linux, but several tries have failed to get a lilo that will come up. any ideas (other than repartitioning :) Dosemu actually looks for mounted dos parititions that have the files on them that make it bootable, I believe, rather than the bootable partition flag. As for trying to fix it... I would boot back into linux from disk and fix the partition tables there -- change bootable flags and such back to how you had them. Then run lilo. - Asher Haig [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only thing I'd rather own than Windows is English, or Chinese, or Spanish, because then I could charge you a $249 right to speak English and I could charge you an upgrade fee when I add new letters like 'N' and 'T'. -- Scott McNealy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: opendos fdisk *shifted* my partitions?
Asher Haig wrote, Dosemu actually looks for mounted dos parititions that have the files on them that make it bootable, I believe, rather than the bootable partition flag. I want to say that I tried mounting and that it didn't work, but I'm not sure. Either way, it's done :( As for trying to fix it... I would boot back into linux from disk and fix the partition tables there -- change bootable flags and such back to how you had them. Then run lilo. Getting the bootable flags back wasn't the problem; they're set that way now. But it litterly shifted the partition names; hda1 became hda2, and so forth. Is there any way to change them back? rick -- These opinions will not be those of ISU until it pays my retainer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
