[ltp] rescue partition trashed

[Jiang Qian]

On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 07:09:54PM +1000, Andr=E9 Wyrwa wrote:
> Hei,
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> i know there's an article about all this on ThinkWiki, but ThinkWiki
> seems to be down, temporarily. So i thought i'd ask here.
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> So...i gave in to the usual stupidity and installed grub on the MBR of a
> T42 before creating the preload and rescue CDs.
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> Now the IBM_SERVICE partition doesn't want to boot anymore and the tools
> in Windows to create the CDs can't find their data anymore.
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> Is there anything i can do to get at least these tools to create my CDs
> or is there even a way to get the rescue system to boot again? (It gave
> me a bluescreen when i chainloaded it.)
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> Note that this is not the older hidden partition, but a "compaq
> recovery" type windows based rescue partition.
Try adding a line:
parttype        (hd0,1) 0x0b
to the hidden partition entry in your grub configuration file. I use a=20
T43 and I install grub to MBR. I can boot hidden partition just fine.
Jiang
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> Thanks,
> Andr=E9.
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