Re: [expert] Cant boot fm HDD
>From msdos you can also run debug.exe and... fcs: 200 400 0 a mov ax,301 mov bx,200 mov cx,2 mov dx,80 int 13 int 20 [press the ENTER key here] g q and it'll blitz ddo's and whatnot (along with all the rest of the drives content). -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: > > --- Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > fdisk will not do a clean format in this situation. > > The Ontrack software operates on the same principle > > as EZ-Drive > > and creates a "special" protected sector on the hd > > prior to the MBR > > and no amount of formatting will remove it. > > there is one way to zap out anything on mbr or before > it: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx count=10 > > usually, when a disk partition is corrupted or the MBR > is messed up, you clear up the first sectors of the > disk. its gonna be like a newly unformatted disk right > after doing that command. it also efficiently deletes > SystemPartitions (about 10 MB) created by Compaq, > Dell, etc. > > > The only manner in which it may be removed is by > > uninstalling it. > > > > You can then fdisk /MBR and format the hd with the > > utility of your > > choice including the Mandrake installation. > > > >Charles (-: > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cant boot fm HDD
I got it fixed, and now have boot win95 and MK 7.2 on my laptop and bootable fm the HDD. I have to use Ontrack and delete it, but that was not very clear how to or what to delete. Under the advanced options, I found remove Dyanmic Overlay. Then I formated the HDD, installed win95 then MK. Work great now. Thanks for the pointers. Bruce Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Cant boot fm HDD
--- Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > fdisk will not do a clean format in this situation. > The Ontrack software operates on the same principle > as EZ-Drive > and creates a "special" protected sector on the hd > prior to the MBR > and no amount of formatting will remove it. there is one way to zap out anything on mbr or before it: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx count=10 usually, when a disk partition is corrupted or the MBR is messed up, you clear up the first sectors of the disk. its gonna be like a newly unformatted disk right after doing that command. it also efficiently deletes SystemPartitions (about 10 MB) created by Compaq, Dell, etc. > The only manner in which it may be removed is by > uninstalling it. > > You can then fdisk /MBR and format the hd with the > utility of your > choice including the Mandrake installation. > >Charles (-: > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://.mandrakestore.com > __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cant boot fm HDD
Well that explains a lot. This is what happened. I got a new IBM 10GB ide drive for my laptop and Ontrack was included. I tried to install Solaris 8.0 and that was a complete bust. I was able to load win95 on it once, booting fm the hdd, then wiped out win95 while installing MK 7.2. In th end I had MK 7.2 booting fm the hdd, and one empty 3gb partition that I could not load win95 on no matter what. Then ran ontrack again loaded MK 7.2 on the whole thing. With every attempt Disk Drake would warn me it could not see the partition, and do I want to continue. Well I did using Reister FS and got kernel panics and wouldnt boot. Somehow I got MK reloaded using ext2 file system but cant boot fm the hdd now--but it boots, and I have no wasted hdd space. This beast takes hours to load, and I really dread another attempt. Probably just going to live with the floppy boot--might tackle this later. Thanks for the help. Bruce > fdisk will not do a clean format in this situation. > The Ontrack software operates on the same principle as EZ-Drive > and creates a "special" protected sector on the hd prior to the MBR > and no amount of formatting will remove it. > The only manner in which it may be removed is by uninstalling it. > > You can then fdisk /MBR and format the hd with the utility of your > choice including the Mandrake installation. > >Charles (-: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Cant boot fm HDD
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J. Craig Woods > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 7:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Cant boot fm HDD > > > "Bruce E.Harris" wrote: > > > > I have reinstalled MK 7.2 at least 8 times, because disk > drake could not see > > my partitons, On track was the only way I could figure out > to get access to > > the disk. I did tr fdisk too. > > > > Guess I will live with booting fm a floppy. > > > > Bruce > > Bruce, > > Were you ever able to ever get a clean, pristine, and > formated harddive > with fdisk? By this, I mean no kind of data, includine no boot records > (MBR), on your harddive. Could you ever get to this state of affairs > using fdisk? And, if you did, why could you not then install Mandrake? > How far into the installation process did you get, and what was the > actual error you received from Mandrake. You could live with a floppy > or, if you want, you might be able to learn how to correct this > situation. The problem with hardware software, such as > Ontrack, is that > it can become corrupted, and your entire harddrive's content gets > dooshed. > > Just some thoughts shared, > drjung > > -- fdisk will not do a clean format in this situation. The Ontrack software operates on the same principle as EZ-Drive and creates a "special" protected sector on the hd prior to the MBR and no amount of formatting will remove it. The only manner in which it may be removed is by uninstalling it. You can then fdisk /MBR and format the hd with the utility of your choice including the Mandrake installation. Charles (-: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cant boot fm HDD
"Bruce E.Harris" wrote: > > I have reinstalled MK 7.2 at least 8 times, because disk drake could not see > my partitons, On track was the only way I could figure out to get access to > the disk. I did tr fdisk too. > > Guess I will live with booting fm a floppy. > > Bruce Bruce, Were you ever able to ever get a clean, pristine, and formated harddive with fdisk? By this, I mean no kind of data, includine no boot records (MBR), on your harddive. Could you ever get to this state of affairs using fdisk? And, if you did, why could you not then install Mandrake? How far into the installation process did you get, and what was the actual error you received from Mandrake. You could live with a floppy or, if you want, you might be able to learn how to correct this situation. The problem with hardware software, such as Ontrack, is that it can become corrupted, and your entire harddrive's content gets dooshed. Just some thoughts shared, drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX SA -Art is the illusion of spontaneity- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cant boot fm HDD
I have reinstalled MK 7.2 at least 8 times, because disk drake could not see my partitons, On track was the only way I could figure out to get access to the disk. I did tr fdisk too. Guess I will live with booting fm a floppy. Bruce On Sunday 26 August 2001 05:23 pm, you wrote: > "Bruce E.Harris" wrote: > > I have MK 7.2 install on my IBM Thinkpad 385XD (I gave up on MK8 for it > > since I could never get the eraser head mouse to work). I upgraded the > > HDD to a 10GB one and had a devil of a time installing. Something went > > wrong and after reboot I would get a kernel panic and lockup. After many > > reinstalls I tried OnTrack Disk Manager and was able to install MK 7.2 > > and it works great. But I have to boot fm floppy, if I try a HDD boot I > > get this error: > > > > "Error 1 loading OS. This may be due to a virus. > > 1. Shutdown. > > 2. Boot from floppy > > 3. Run ONTRACK Disk Manager > > 4. Select "Upgrade" option from Main Menu" > > > > I am afraid if I do that I will loss MK and have to reload, yet again. I > > checked /etc/lilo.conf, and it looks ok. I ran lilo, but this error > > persists. Any suggestions? > > > > TIA > > > > Bruce > > This has to do with what "Ontrack" software has done to your harddive, > and is not a Linux problem per se. I do not use Ontrack but have seen > many kinds of this disk formating/partitioning software that gets > installed with a new harddive. I think the only way around your problem > would be in un-install the Ontrack software, manually take care of disk > formating and partitioning by using Mandrake tools. If you are dual > booting, there is always the old dos standby for this kind of thing, > fdisk. Yes, you are right if you are thinking that this means a > re-install for Mandrakeski. > > > drjung Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cant boot fm HDD
"Bruce E.Harris" wrote: > > I have MK 7.2 install on my IBM Thinkpad 385XD (I gave up on MK8 for it since > I could never get the eraser head mouse to work). I upgraded the HDD to a > 10GB one and had a devil of a time installing. Something went wrong and after > reboot I would get a kernel panic and lockup. After many reinstalls I tried > OnTrack Disk Manager and was able to install MK 7.2 and it works great. But I > have to boot fm floppy, if I try a HDD boot I get this error: > > "Error 1 loading OS. This may be due to a virus. > 1. Shutdown. > 2. Boot from floppy > 3. Run ONTRACK Disk Manager > 4. Select "Upgrade" option from Main Menu" > > I am afraid if I do that I will loss MK and have to reload, yet again. I > checked /etc/lilo.conf, and it looks ok. I ran lilo, but this error persists. > Any suggestions? > > TIA > > Bruce > This has to do with what "Ontrack" software has done to your harddive, and is not a Linux problem per se. I do not use Ontrack but have seen many kinds of this disk formating/partitioning software that gets installed with a new harddive. I think the only way around your problem would be in un-install the Ontrack software, manually take care of disk formating and partitioning by using Mandrake tools. If you are dual booting, there is always the old dos standby for this kind of thing, fdisk. Yes, you are right if you are thinking that this means a re-install for Mandrakeski. drjung Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Cant boot fm HDD
I have MK 7.2 install on my IBM Thinkpad 385XD (I gave up on MK8 for it since I could never get the eraser head mouse to work). I upgraded the HDD to a 10GB one and had a devil of a time installing. Something went wrong and after reboot I would get a kernel panic and lockup. After many reinstalls I tried OnTrack Disk Manager and was able to install MK 7.2 and it works great. But I have to boot fm floppy, if I try a HDD boot I get this error: "Error 1 loading OS. This may be due to a virus. 1. Shutdown. 2. Boot from floppy 3. Run ONTRACK Disk Manager 4. Select "Upgrade" option from Main Menu" I am afraid if I do that I will loss MK and have to reload, yet again. I checked /etc/lilo.conf, and it looks ok. I ran lilo, but this error persists. Any suggestions? TIA Bruce Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
