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Article #240Help! I've lost my OS!
From: HOMZ
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 00:00
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Any help would be greatly appreciated. I recently purchased the Corel/LINUX os, hoping to learn a bit more about it, now I've lost it! I'm in windows, my system boots to windows, and windows sees the ext2 partition as blank space. I would like to know how to get back into my LINUX os from this point, but I would also like to know how to create an efficient boot file that would allow me to choose my OS at every start-up. Well, if you think you can help, here are the specifics of what I have done to get me to this point: First I wiped out my HD and set partitions for DOS and Windows. Second, I installed LINUX on an unpartioned space. That went well. Third, I installed DOS on C: and WinNT on D:, that went well also. At this point, my PC would boot to LINUX, even though C had been set as the active partition. LINUX would give me a choice between LINUX or Windows, if I clicked on Windows, it would send me over to the windows boot file which would then give me a choice between DOS and WinNT. (note: I am using NT here because I am a networking Major and need it at this time. However, I wish to use win9x most frequently on this PC) Finally, I installed WinMe on the D: drive, beside the NT. This works fine, I am using it at this moment. The problem is, I can not figure out how to access LINUX at all! The boot process has totally changed, now, when I boot up, all I get is the option to start Me or NT and Windows and DOS do not see the EXT2 partition at all. I have considered reinstalling LINUX, but there is where I ran into trouble in the first place. When I first tried to install LINUX into an empty dos partition, (E), even though I did not tell it to take over the entire HD, it did wipe out Windows and leave most of my files unsalvagable. This is the reason I installed LINUX first and Windows last. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. Kim
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