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Article #368Re: Lost partition
From: preamp
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:23
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:23
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Bryce Tanner wrote: > Hi bud > > I'm assuming that the lost partition had windows 2000 on it. If this is > the case, then... No, it wasn't a boot partition at all. Win2k is on /dev/hdb1. > Boot from your windows 2000 cd-rom > Hit "R" for repair system > Select the Repair Console > type "help" at the command prompt > there should be a command called "bootfix" or "fixboot" or something like Yes, I think it is 'fixmbr' > that......run it > this should rewrite the Windows 2000 bootsector for you > after that write the Linux boot loader to the correct volume > > Bryce This works on /dev/hda1 (I know because after trying grub as a bootloader there, I put the Win2K one back again so as not to confuse the other users of this computer :-)) Darryl
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