In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Something VERY BAD has happened. When I attempted to format the disk, with > mkfs.ext3, it reported that the partition table for that partition said 0 > size, and I should reboot the computer to re-read the partion table. When I > rebooted, instead of LILO, I saw an endless stream of "01 " repeating > without end! I can boot into BIOS, and probably an emergency disk, but that > is all. > > HELP! > -Jonathan
Had you rebooted after making the new partition and before running mkfs? I would first try booting from the emergency boot floppy. See if you can access any of the partitions. If you can, then you still have a partition table there. In that case, I would try running fsck on the / partition - when it is NOT mounted. If you cannot get mounted on anything and can't find a partition table with 'fdisk /dev/hdb' then you might want to try gpart or rescuept for finding the partition info and then rewriting the table with fdisk. www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/ www.doclib.org/Linux/system/misc/util-linux-2.9r/rescuept ( I think that is right) Unless, you happened to be lucky like me and had your table written down on an index card... Anita -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
