[ltp] Partition problems?

[chris christensen]

Okay,
Howto reinstall grub into the MBR ?

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Sen" <dsen@research.att.com>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Partition problems?


> Have you tried booting from a boot-disk (or even the Mandrake CDROM by
typing
> rescue at the prompt, if you can boot from a CDROM) and mounting the linux
> partition? If this works, I would try to re-install grub/lilo into the
MBR.
>
> chris christensen wrote:
>
> > I think my last msg on this got lost. Trying again:
> >
> > Decided to enlarge my Windows partition and reinstall Mandrake 7.2
> >
> > Used PQ Partiion magic to delete Linux partition, enlarge Windows
partiton
> > and create new Linux EXT2 and swap.
> >
> > Installed Mandrake and let disk Drake format the new ext and swap
partiton.
> > It is a 12 gig drive and I am using 6 for windows, ramainder for Linux.
> >
> > Install went fine until restart where it hung....
> >
> > Restarted with power swtich, got Grub, chose Linux and as it loads I get
"
> > partition check
> > hda: general protection fault:0000
> >
> > then several lines of hex I can't decifer, then it stops!
> >
> > Windows boots fine from Grub.
> >
> > I had this working fine last month when I installed Mandrake the first
time.
> >
> > Need to save windows, so can't do a total format.
> >
> > Chris Christensen
> >
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