I think rupesh missed out a few steps here, lemme fill in :-
1) Use your Linux Installation CD to boot & choose Rescue Mode
2)type #fdisk -l /dev/hda to see wether the partitions are intact.This will
show you the complete list of partitions.
If fdisk does not show any linux partitons then forget it and go
back to reinstallation.
3)type #mknod /dev/hda1
4)type #mount /dev/hda1
if this does not work then follow the steps below
a)#e2fsck /dev/hda1
if this fails use:-
1)#e2fsck -f /dev/hda1 ( this forces a ext2 filesystem check on
the system)
5)now create a temporary directory say /mnt/hda1 and type #mount /dev/hda1
/mnt/hda1
6)type #chroot /mnt/hda1
7) #cd /mnt/hda1
8)#sync
9) edit yor lilo.conf file to include the neccesary changes. type lilo at
the command prompt .
10)#reboot
I beleive you should get you system running after this coz i once did the
same steps and recovered a ext2 partiton whose partiton table was destroyed.
regards,
Arvind
www.fortunespace.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rupesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Crash
> On 26/06/02 13:52 -0700, Don Geddes wrote:
>
> > I tried what you said but I get a fatal error "/dev/hda1 doesn
not
> > have a valid boot signature." What now? The effect is that LILO
still
> > does not work.
> >
>
> 1) Use your Linux Installation CD to boot & choose Rescue Mode
>
> 2) Mount your /root partition (ex. mount /dev/hda1 /mnt)
>
> 3) Chroot your mounted partition (chroot /mnt)
>
> 3.1) If you have a separate /boot partition then mount the
> same after point 3) as /boot or proceed to point 4)
>
> 4) Check your /etc/lilo.conf & then run lilo.
>
> This should get you going ....
>
> -Rupesh
>
>
>
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