Re: [gentoo-user] Restoring Windows booting
To restore the windows try to make a .tar.gz of the entire partition (if the entire archive is less than 2GB): mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/drive_c cd /mnt/drive_c tar -czvPf/reserv/drive_c.tar.gz * then reboot with a win98 boot disk and reformat the partition whith the s option, test if boots and restore your backup. well I never have maked the /boot in a extend partition, but I think that the correct is: root (hd0,5) setup (hd0) or not? tenorio On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 21:58:34 -0400 Jonathan Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the following partitions: hda5 - /boot hda6 - / hda1 - a FAT partition for Windows 98 hda2 - an extended partition, I assume connected to the Windows installation When I installed Gentoo and configured Grub, I did: root (hd0,4) setup (hd0) and copied an old grub.conf that seems to be correct. Now Linux boots fine, but selecting Windows hangs. Presumably I installed the MBR in the wrong place and overwrote the Windows loader? Someone on #gentoo suggested I boot with the Windows boot disk and do an fdisk /mbr. That stopped bootup from finding grub, but Windows hung at the same place. Any suggestions on how to fix this, given these tools: the Windows 98 SE CD and the boot disk generated by the Windows installer? (This is veering off into Windows question territory but, since I'm writing -- is there a way to download or otherwise obtain the a copy of the original boot floppy for the Windows box set?) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Restoring Windows booting
I have the following partitions: hda5 - /boot hda6 - / hda1 - a FAT partition for Windows 98 hda2 - an extended partition, I assume connected to the Windows installation When I installed Gentoo and configured Grub, I did: root (hd0,4) setup (hd0) and copied an old grub.conf that seems to be correct. Now Linux boots fine, but selecting Windows hangs. Presumably I installed the MBR in the wrong place and overwrote the Windows loader? Someone on #gentoo suggested I boot with the Windows boot disk and do an fdisk /mbr. That stopped bootup from finding grub, but Windows hung at the same place. Any suggestions on how to fix this, given these tools: the Windows 98 SE CD and the boot disk generated by the Windows installer? (This is veering off into Windows question territory but, since I'm writing -- is there a way to download or otherwise obtain the a copy of the original boot floppy for the Windows box set?) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Restoring Windows booting
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 21:58:34 -0400 Jonathan Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the following partitions: hda5 - /boot hda6 - / hda1 - a FAT partition for Windows 98 hda2 - an extended partition, I assume connected to the Windows installation When I installed Gentoo and configured Grub, I did: root (hd0,4) setup (hd0) and copied an old grub.conf that seems to be correct. Now Linux boots fine, but selecting Windows hangs. Presumably I installed the MBR in the wrong place and overwrote the Windows loader? Someone on #gentoo suggested I boot with the Windows boot disk and do an fdisk /mbr. That stopped bootup from finding grub, but Windows hung at the same place. Any suggestions on how to fix this, given these tools: the Windows 98 SE CD and the boot disk generated by the Windows installer? (This is veering off into Windows question territory but, since I'm writing -- is there a way to download or otherwise obtain the a copy of the original boot floppy for the Windows box set?) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list Well, the dumbest possible solution is to reinstall windows. That should work. Can you tell me where it hangs? Does it print anything on the screen? Meka[ni] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
