On my computer, simply booting into Windows caused the partition table corruption. No Anti-Virus software installed.
Seriously, I think it's a bug in Win98 that occurs under certain non-MS-tested circumstances. -- Asheesh. On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Richard Wenninger wrote: > Is it possibly Anti-Virus software in windows "repairing" your boot sector? > > On Wednesday 05 December 2001 11:13 pm, you wrote: > > Hi, > > > > My partition table was recently corrupted, and thanks to the help of > > this list, I managed to repair the table and re-install LM8.1. > > > > My main concern now is trying to figure out what I did that might > > have caused the corruption. The only unsual activities just prior to > > corruption were: > > > > - Copying 3 650MB ISO files from linux reiserfs partition to FAT32 > > windows partition. > > > > - I may have left a floppy drive mounted and failed to log out as root, > > before shutting down (but surely this wouldn't affect the partition > > table). > > > > - Booted windows. Just looked around with Explorer. I accidentally > > opened a BIOS flash utility, but exited immediately, without activating > > any controls. I dont' think the utility actually did anything other than > > show its GUI, but I can't be certain. Can flashing BIOS (if thats what > > happened) affect the partition table ? > > > > Upon leaving windows, Linux would not re-boot, because it couldn't > > find the filesystems to mount due to the partition table corruption. > > > > > > I use reiserfs for my linux partitions, if that is a factor. I'd > > love to hear any ideas about possible corruption causes. > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > Charles. > >
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