On Monday 23 July 2001 23:35, Cormac McGuinness wrote: > Hi > I'm hoping someone can help me with my frustrating problem... > I have a laptop, and something installed under windows 98 has now > (twice) overwritten the initial part of my Linux filesystem > which exists in an extended partition. > How can I prevent this (other than by deinstalling windows! - my wife > needs to use our laptop occasionally)
Even wives can use GNU/Linux. At least my wife can. Are you sure Windows did not just overwrite the MBR with Lilo in it? In this case you just have to boot with a boot floppy and put Lilo back there. (I'm not subscribed to the list any more.)
