Thanks... I had done all that.. even edited lilo.conf to point to the new location for the lilo boot files (hdb6 instead of hdb3). However when I try to run lilo to take account of the changes.. it says it can't .. some error message that I assume comes from it not being able to read the system properly.. possibly because it's looking at the rescue(/etc) as root and not /mnt/etc .. I even copied lilo.conf to /etc of the rescue.. to no avail. I _do_ have all my files recovered. So there is no longer any panic. Just a desire to get th elinux system up with minimum fuss. When attempting to boot linux it kernel panics on mounting / (because maybe lilo hasn't been re-run yet.. so its looking for hdb3 instead of the now hdb6 / partition)
Joseph Braddock wrote: >Try booting from the CD and go into rescue mode, again. One of the options presented >should be to mount the partitions it finds under /mnt. Go ahead and select that and >then go to /mnt and look in each of the partitions it has there and determine if your >data is intact. If so you should be able look into /etc/fstab and see where the >rescue mode mounted your partitions (they will all be under /mnt) and what device you >used. Next, go to /mnt/root-name (maybe called several different things, but it is >the one with your root partition and etc directory) and go and edit the etc/fstab so >that it uses the devices that you found under /etc/fstab (you might want to back up >the original first, though). Reboot without the CD and you should have your >partitions back. > >Joe > > >On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 01:00:57 +0100 >Azrael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>That actually helped! So thanks :) >> >>But there's a wist to the tale: >> >>turns out windows installation turned the 'C' (hdb1) from fat32 to ntfs. >>it's that I am guessing is the cause of the partition changes. >> >>The result is that doing the 'rescue' suggested lets me recover hdb6 but >>not hdb3. >> >>I can't find the files I want in hdb6 ... big suspicion that they are in >>hdb3. >> >>Yet hdb3 must sit right next to hdb1 - I don't know too much detail >>about these things ... >>and so the changes of hdb1 might have overwritten the border of hdb3??? >>Any ideas? >> >>FemmeFatale wrote: >> >> >> >>>Azrael wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>I did a stupid thing. I'll admit that right upfront. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Not at all, you just didn't realize how to fix this :) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Can anyone help me recover my essential files? Is there a way to 'fix' >>>>the partition table? Is there a way to boot anyway and get to my files? >>>> >>>>Heeeeelllppppp!!! >>>> >>>>-- many thanks >>>> >>>>Azrael >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Hm... Do I help or not? Oh why not? Put CD1 in drive, boot off it, at >>>prompt hit F1, type rescue, then let it do its thing. Let it reinstall >>>Lilo. Done deal. You may have to cancel everything too and just >>>reinstall the kernel (Not X,files or anything else). >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >
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