Re: Disk Corruption: SOLVED

2003-02-08 Thread Daniel Barclay
Jonathan Brandmeyer wrote: > ... > A detailed read of /usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt reveales this telling > entry: > --quote-- > Two disks, Linux on second disk, first disk has no extended partition > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > If there is neither a

Re: Disk Corruption: SOLVED

2003-02-05 Thread Sid Blackley
On Tue, 04 Feb 2003 03:20:07 +0100, "Jonathan Brandmeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip >What if I am going about this the wrong way? Suppose that MBR(s) is/are >damaged? Will fsck(8) detect this type of damage? My reading of the man >page says that it doesn't. > >Thanks, >Jonathan ASFAIK .

Re: Disk Corruption SOLVED

2003-02-04 Thread Jonathan Brandmeyer
On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 21:00, Anita Lewis wrote: --snip-- > I still think you could just put boot=/dev/hda in > lilo.conf and run it happily. If windows will boot with other=/dev/hda1 > using the floppy, then I see no reason why you could not install it LILO > into the mbr of that first drive. Hav

Re: Disk Corruption: SOLVED

2003-02-04 Thread Sid Blackley
--- Jonathan Brandmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And permanantly broken. > > A detailed read of /usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt > reveales this telling > entry: > --quote-- > Two disks, Linux on second disk, first disk has no > extended partition > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Re: Disk Corruption: SOLVED

2003-02-04 Thread Jonathan Brandmeyer
And permanantly broken. A detailed read of /usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt reveales this telling entry: --quote-- Two disks, Linux on second disk, first disk has no extended partition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If there is neither a Linux partition nor an