[Wylug-help] Boot Question

[James Holden]

> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, James Holden wrote:
>
>> >> Maybe the partition table from /dev/hdc has got written to
>> /dev/hda?
>> >
>> > Then how would you be able to boot from CD as he described?  I think
>> the partition table is fine, it's the MBR that's shagged (perhaps).
>>
>> I wasn't sure quite how it was booting. I've never used the Suse
>> installer before. The installer might look for a kernel on the linux
>> partition, or maybe boot a kernel from the CD with root=/dev/hda6.
>
> No I wasn't entirely sure either, but whichever, the partition table
> must be correct to the extent that all the linux partitions can be found
> by the booted kernel (wherever that is).
>
> If it had one loader in the MBR, and one loader at /dev/hda6, the fact
> that we are dying with a LI message before we make a menu choice means
> that the loader in the MBR is screwed.  I think.  Maybe.

The only thing which made me think that was the mistake I made about not
spotting the win95 "extended" part. I though that, given that the 2nd disk
had just one partition on (the original windows one) that something had
just written the first entry. Excuse my muddles thinking on that one.

James

>
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