On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 06:36:00PM -0400, Paul M. Gallagher wrote:
> I just installed Storm Linux 2000 (rain release), and I think I might have
> blown away my Win95 installation. I had originally intended to dual-boot
I think you did too. [Though, after writing this, I'm now not so sure
(below)].
> Win95 and Storm. Here's the deal: My pc already had Windows 95a installed
> on the primary hard disk (5.1 GB). This hard disk had 3 FAT partitions (2
> 2GB and a 1GB). This pc also had a second 1GB hard disk that wasn't being
> used, so I decided to install storm on that disk. When I came to the
> "Partition your hard drive" part of the installation, I chose "Express
> Setup" (maybe I should have gone through "custom"?). I was then asked what
Yes you should have. I remember seeing a little Danger Box to this
efect in the install descriptions in Max. Linux mag.
But, ...
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 256 2056288+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
> /dev/hda2 257 626 2972025 5 Extended
hda2 (extended ptn) contains:
> /dev/hda5 257 517 2096451 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
> /dev/hda6 518 626 875511 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
>
> /dev/hdb1 * 1 474 9555552+ 83 Linux Native
> /dev/hdb2 475 525 102816 82 Linux Swap
>
> So fdisk in Linux is seeing what looks to me to be my partitioning scheme
> for the Win95 drive (although I don't really understand what the extended
BIOS says only four primary ptn's. More? Create an extended ptn
(your hda2) that can contain *logical* ptn's, hda5 & 6.
> partition is). And I think it's also interesting that the first partition
> on both drives are marked as bootable.
>
> My question is: Is my Win 95 totally blown away or not? And if not, how do
> I get it back?
I don't know. I would fiddle with that bootable bit, and have a
rescue disk handy. Use msdos fdisk on dos ptn's, and linux fdisk on
linux ptn's, though I'm told you can change ptn type with linux and
just format it without rm-ing it and recreating it. And man lilo.
And thank goodness you you saved linux, instead of the other way
around. :-)
And in lilo, go boot=/dev/hdaX where X== ... you know. And run lilo.
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