Linux ate my hard drive!

My instructions were _not_ for the linux partition, yes, it will igve you one, but I think the important thing is his windows part. ======================== Jesse Noller Linux Fiend Macromedia Server Development jnoller@macromedia.com [root@spidermonkey]$ chown -R us:us *yourbase find / -name '*yourbase*' | xargs chown us:us > Another thing to try (if getting to the Linux partition isn't > what you want > to do right now) is boot from a recovery disk or boot disk > with FDisk on it. > Then restore the Master boot Record of your hard drive.  You > do this by > running: > > fdisk /mbr > > from your floppy drive. > > This might not work for a Win 2000 machine, but it's worth a shot. > > Hatton Humphrey > > > > I'm not familiar with lnx4win... However, having destroyed more > > than my fair > > share of harddrives (You try booting 4 OSes on a HP > laptop!) I can maybe > > help... > > > > #1: Did you install linux on the 1st or second partition? > > > > #2: If you did it on the first, good luck, I've never been > able to recover > > that > > > > #3: If you did it on the second, I'd seriously try > installing redhat 7.2, > > Why? because, inside anaconda (thier installer) the dual > booting code is > > much more robust. It should be able to detect the bootable flag > > on partition > > 1. > > > > #4: Use Fdisk to make sure that disk 1 is set to bootable. try > > reinstalling > > mandrake > > > > #5: Check google (google.com) to check and se if anyone has > run into the > > same problem. > > > > > > > > ======================== > > Jesse Noller > > Linux Fiend > > Macromedia Server Development > > jnoller@macromedia.com > > > > [root@spidermonkey]$ chown -R us:us *yourbase > > > > find / -name '*yourbase*' | xargs chown us:us > > > > > Sorry for the extremely OT post, but I'm stuck and have > > > received no word > > > back from Mandrake support and of course there's no number > > > you can call for > > > technical issues. In hopes of using CF5 for Linux, I began my > > > voyage with > > > Linux Mandrake 7.2 .... this is what happened: > > > > > > I installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on a Win2K machine using > > > Lnx4Win and to my > > > surprise, when I reboot after installation, I get the boot > > > message and then > > > STAGE1 and that's it ... locks up, quits, stops booting > > > altogether. Now I > > > can't get in to uninstall LILO and Linux and my system is > > > useless. Why in > > > the world does this happen? I've reinstalled Linux 6 times > > > now trying to get > > > it to work and it just doesn't work using Lnx4Win. My Windows > > > recovery disk > > > and boot disks won't work and I can't get any of my data back. > > > > > > Can anyone help? Offer suggestions other than reformatting? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Joshua Miller > > > Web Development::Programming > > > Eagle Technologies Group, Inc. > > > www.eagletgi.com > > > josh.miller@eagletgi.com > > > (304) 622-4499 x320 (VMail) > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > > The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for > > > the use of the > > > individual or entity to which it is addressed. > > > This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, > > > confidential, and/or > > > personal. If the reader of this message is not the intended > > > recipient (or > > > the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the > > > intended recipient), > > > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > > > or copying of > > > this communication is prohibited. > > > If you have received this communication in error, please > notify us by > > > telephone call at the number listed above. > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm