Re: [expert] Major partition magic screw up
And *NEVER* muck around with partitions (with PartitionMagic, fdisk, or anything else) without backing up all your important data first. It is always a dangerous operation. On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, you wrote: | On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, you wrote: | > I tried to install Linux on a new box of mine, but the vidoe card isn't | > supported yet. So, I decided I would delete the partition that I created | > with the partition magic that it came with. Well, everyting went fine and it | > told me that the partition was deleted. However, when I rebooted partition | > magic loaded its self and tells me the Linux partition to be deleted can't | > be found. It does this every time now and I can't get to my winders | > partition, which, BTW has some pretty important stuff on it. What am I do | > to Someone PLEASE help. Thanks for your time. | > | Windows boot disk with fdisk, then "fdisk /mbr" from the Windows boot | disk. | John -- I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger). I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I support http://www.eff.org & http://www.programming-freedom.org . I boycott amazon.com. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html .
Re: [expert] Major partition magic screw up
boot with your win98 boot disk then fdisk/mbr will clear the boot record, run fdisk and see what partitions it locates and deal with accordingly, come back if you need more info . If you reinstall 98 it also will clear and restore mbr. "Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honeydew hath fed, And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux user) - Original Message - From: "Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Major partition magic screw up > > - Original Message - > From: Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 10:32 AM > Subject: Re: [expert] Major partition magic screw up > > > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 11:43:04PM -0500, Payne Stanifer wrote: > > -> I tried to install Linux on a new box of mine, but the vidoe card isn't > > -> supported yet. So, I decided I would delete the partition that I > created > > -> with the partition magic that it came with. Well, everyting went fine > and it > > -> told me that the partition was deleted. However, when I rebooted > partition > > -> magic loaded its self and tells me the Linux partition to be deleted > can't > > -> be found. It does this every time now and I can't get to my winders > > -> partition, which, BTW has some pretty important stuff on it. What am I > do > > -> to Someone PLEASE help. Thanks for your time. > > > > Boot to floppy with Mess-DOS or W95/98, then "fdisk /mbr". > > > > And for some more extensive partition help for those interested: > http://www.linuxforum.com/plug/articles/partition.html > > Hoyt > > > __ > NetZero - Defenders of the Free World > Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [expert] Major partition magic screw up
On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, you wrote: > I tried to install Linux on a new box of mine, but the vidoe card isn't > supported yet. So, I decided I would delete the partition that I created > with the partition magic that it came with. Well, everyting went fine and it > told me that the partition was deleted. However, when I rebooted partition > magic loaded its self and tells me the Linux partition to be deleted can't > be found. It does this every time now and I can't get to my winders > partition, which, BTW has some pretty important stuff on it. What am I do > to Someone PLEASE help. Thanks for your time. > Windows boot disk with fdisk, then "fdisk /mbr" from the Windows boot disk. John
Re: [expert] Major partition magic screw up
On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 11:43:04PM -0500, Payne Stanifer wrote: > I tried to install Linux on a new box of mine, but the vidoe card isn't > supported yet. So, I decided I would delete the partition that I created > with the partition magic that it came with. Well, everyting went fine and it > told me that the partition was deleted. However, when I rebooted partition > magic loaded its self and tells me the Linux partition to be deleted can't > be found. It does this every time now and I can't get to my winders > partition, which, BTW has some pretty important stuff on it. What am I do > to Someone PLEASE help. Thanks for your time. > Payne You wouldn't happen to know the cylinder or sector boundaries of the old partition table, would you? If so, you should be able to re-create it in Linux's fdisk (terminal program). Also, you might try running fdisk even if you don't. I've seen partition magic get confused before when partition information is still on the drive. - rick -- Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Developer | http://lore.ece.utexas.edu/~rkilgore/ Graduate Student in Computer Engineering
Re: [expert] Major partition magic screw up
- Original Message - From: Charles Curley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Major partition magic screw up > On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 11:43:04PM -0500, Payne Stanifer wrote: > -> I tried to install Linux on a new box of mine, but the vidoe card isn't > -> supported yet. So, I decided I would delete the partition that I created > -> with the partition magic that it came with. Well, everyting went fine and it > -> told me that the partition was deleted. However, when I rebooted partition > -> magic loaded its self and tells me the Linux partition to be deleted can't > -> be found. It does this every time now and I can't get to my winders > -> partition, which, BTW has some pretty important stuff on it. What am I do > -> to Someone PLEASE help. Thanks for your time. > > Boot to floppy with Mess-DOS or W95/98, then "fdisk /mbr". > And for some more extensive partition help for those interested: http://www.linuxforum.com/plug/articles/partition.html Hoyt __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [expert] Major partition magic screw up
On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 11:43:04PM -0500, Payne Stanifer wrote: -> I tried to install Linux on a new box of mine, but the vidoe card isn't -> supported yet. So, I decided I would delete the partition that I created -> with the partition magic that it came with. Well, everyting went fine and it -> told me that the partition was deleted. However, when I rebooted partition -> magic loaded its self and tells me the Linux partition to be deleted can't -> be found. It does this every time now and I can't get to my winders -> partition, which, BTW has some pretty important stuff on it. What am I do -> to Someone PLEASE help. Thanks for your time. Boot to floppy with Mess-DOS or W95/98, then "fdisk /mbr". -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
[expert] Major partition magic screw up
I tried to install Linux on a new box of mine, but the vidoe card isn't supported yet. So, I decided I would delete the partition that I created with the partition magic that it came with. Well, everyting went fine and it told me that the partition was deleted. However, when I rebooted partition magic loaded its self and tells me the Linux partition to be deleted can't be found. It does this every time now and I can't get to my winders partition, which, BTW has some pretty important stuff on it. What am I do to Someone PLEASE help. Thanks for your time. Payne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
