Johann Spies wrote: > > Hello Ashby, > > > If you are getting binary data from your /dev/fd0, then it should > > have nothing to do with your partitioning. Sounds like the boot disc > > you are using may be corrupt. Are you trying to boot off /dev/fd0 or > > /dev/hda? > > /dev/hda > > I also found that my dos partition could no longer be mounted by linux > and after starting dos from a stiffie, I could not access files on > /dev/hda1. So I reformatted it. Fortunately I have backups :) > > Thanks for your reply. It seems that my DOS partition was destroyed > by lilo. I could also not run fdisk /mbr in DOS. DOS was complaining > that it could not write on c:
This line in your /etc/lilo.conf is what clobbered your /dev/hda1 partition: boot=/dev/hda1 What that did was install Lilo in the boot sector of your DOS/Windows partition and wiped out the DOS boot record. If you want Lilo in the MBR of /dev/hda you need to change that to: boot=/dev/hda Tom
