[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 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?
<p>Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 7752 cylinders
<br>Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
<p> Device Boot Start
End Blocks Id System
<br>/dev/hda1
1 971 7340728+ 1b
Hidden Win95 FAT32
<br>/dev/hda2
972 1181 1587600
1c Hidden Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
<br>/dev/hda3 * 1182
1249 514080 83 Linux
<br>/dev/hda4 1250
7752 49162680 5 Extended
<br>/dev/hda5 1250
1943 5246608+ 83 Linux
<br>/dev/hda6 1944
2775 6289888+ 83 Linux
<br>/dev/hda7 2776
4162 10485688+ 83 Linux
<br>/dev/hda8 4163
4301 1050808+ 82 Linux swap
<br>/dev/hda9 4302
7752 26089528+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
<br>
<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"><dkgrindrod@yahoo.com>
</a>To: <a href="mailto:linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"><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 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.
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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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