[ltp] A31p BIOS upgrade and win2k

Bert Haskins linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Sun, 07 Jul 2002 21:31:23 -0500


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Hey Guys!!!
Could this be the old " last partition must be fat" problem?
-- Bert

David Grindrod wrote:

> I have tried all the BIOS images I could find on the IBM website. They
> are all later than the  version originally installed and nothing seems
> to make it boot. The only thing to add is that trying to fix the
> problem I have the following output from fdisk /dev/hda. Seems that
> the partitions are hidden now. They were not originally. Anyway to
> make them unhidden from Linux? Would changing the partition system  id
> within fdisk work without loosing data?
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 7752 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1             1       971   7340728+  1b  Hidden Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda2           972      1181   1587600   1c  Hidden Win95 FAT32
> (LBA)
> /dev/hda3   *      1182      1249    514080   83  Linux
> /dev/hda4          1250      7752  49162680    5  Extended
> /dev/hda5          1250      1943   5246608+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda6          1944      2775   6289888+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda7          2776      4162  10485688+  83  Linux
> /dev/hda8          4163      4301   1050808+  82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda9          4302      7752  26089528+   7  HPFS/NTFS
>
>
> I could just as easy reinstall Windows than remove Linux. I feel that
> it should not be necessary to remove operating systems to get support.
> IBM is supposed to support Linux and they do with hardware just not
> with software.
>
> David
>
> Joe Clark wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Grindrod" <dkgrindrod@yahoo.com>
>> To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 4:01 PM
>> Subject: [ltp] A31p BIOS upgrade and win2k
>>
>>
>>
>> > Windows would not boot no matter what I did and comes back
>> > with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE in the  blue screen of death. I have
>> > performed all the obvious things (booting from repair console and
>> > installing mbr etc.) to fix things but always get the same error.
>> > Linux
>> > runs fine  and luckily I can boot into this and try and fix the
>> > problem.
>> >
>> >
>> I would recommend that
>>  1)  you restore you original BIOS, if you haven't already.
>> 2) Assuming that you are able to boot Win2k after restoring the
>> original
>> BIOS, backup and remove Linux from your system
>> 3) Upgrade your BIOS onto your single OS system and get any help you
>> need
>> from IBM
>> 4) Restore Linux and live happily ever after or at least until the
>> next
>> crisis.
>>
>> JC
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Hey Guys!!!
<br>Could this be the old " last partition must be fat" problem?
<br>-- Bert
<p>David Grindrod wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I have tried all the BIOS images I could find on
the IBM website. They are all later than the&nbsp; version originally installed
and nothing seems to make it boot. The only thing to add is that trying
to fix the problem I have the following output from fdisk /dev/hda. Seems
that the partitions are hidden now. They were not originally. Anyway to
make them unhidden from Linux? Would changing the partition system&nbsp;
id within fdisk work without loosing data?
<p>Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 7752 cylinders
<br>Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Device Boot&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Start&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
End&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Blocks&nbsp;&nbsp; Id&nbsp; System
<br>/dev/hda1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 971&nbsp;&nbsp; 7340728+&nbsp; 1b&nbsp;
Hidden Win95 FAT32
<br>/dev/hda2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
972&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1181&nbsp;&nbsp; 1587600&nbsp;&nbsp;
1c&nbsp; Hidden Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
<br>/dev/hda3&nbsp;&nbsp; *&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1182&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
1249&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 514080&nbsp;&nbsp; 83&nbsp; Linux
<br>/dev/hda4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1250&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
7752&nbsp; 49162680&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5&nbsp; Extended
<br>/dev/hda5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1250&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
1943&nbsp;&nbsp; 5246608+&nbsp; 83&nbsp; Linux
<br>/dev/hda6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1944&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
2775&nbsp;&nbsp; 6289888+&nbsp; 83&nbsp; Linux
<br>/dev/hda7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2776&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
4162&nbsp; 10485688+&nbsp; 83&nbsp; Linux
<br>/dev/hda8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4163&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
4301&nbsp;&nbsp; 1050808+&nbsp; 82&nbsp; Linux swap
<br>/dev/hda9&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4302&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
7752&nbsp; 26089528+&nbsp;&nbsp; 7&nbsp; HPFS/NTFS
<br>&nbsp;
<p>I could just as easy reinstall Windows than remove Linux. I feel that
it should not be necessary to remove operating systems to get support.
IBM is supposed to support Linux and they do with hardware just not with
software.
<p>David
<p>Joe Clark wrote:
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:000801c225e4$3cb8a420$f912fea9@hb2">
<pre wrap="">----- Original Message -----
From: "David Grindrod" <a href="mailto:dkgrindrod@yahoo.com" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E">&lt;dkgrindrod@yahoo.com>
</a>To: <a href="mailto:linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E">&lt;linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
</a>Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 4:01 PM
Subject: [ltp] A31p BIOS upgrade and win2k


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<pre wrap="">Windows would not boot no matter what I did and comes back
with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE in the&nbsp; blue screen of death. I have
performed all the obvious things (booting from repair console and
installing mbr etc.) to fix things but always get the same error. Linux
runs fine&nbsp; and luckily I can boot into this and try and fix the problem.

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I would recommend that
&nbsp;1)&nbsp; you restore you original BIOS, if you haven't already.
2) Assuming that you are able to boot Win2k after restoring the original
BIOS, backup and remove Linux from your system
3) Upgrade your BIOS onto your single OS system and get any help you need
from IBM
4) Restore Linux and live happily ever after or at least until the next
crisis.

JC




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