Re: Lost linux partition

2001-03-02 Thread kmself
on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 12:12:11AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I boot from boot floppy only, no lilo... and the boot floppy stratightaway > loads the kernel without any lilo prompt.. and then gets stuck at Kernel > Panic: No root file system. > I do have debian rescue di

Re: Lost linux partition

2001-03-01 Thread D-Man
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 12:12:11AM +0800, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: | I boot from boot floppy only, no lilo... and the boot floppy stratightaway | loads the kernel without any lilo prompt.. and then gets stuck at Kernel | Panic: No root file system. | I do have debian rescue disk under the c: and I

RE: Lost linux partition

2001-03-01 Thread #KUNDAN KUMAR#
meaning here I am afraid its lost for ever... does NAV back up the partition table before repairing? Kundan -Original Message- From: Jos Lemmerling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 11:40 PM To: Debian-User (E-mail) Subject: Re: Lost linux partition On Thu, 1

Re: Lost linux partition

2001-03-01 Thread Jos Lemmerling
On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, #KUNDAN KUMAR# wrote: > dear all, > My system is (was) dual boot with debian on a partition of 5 Mb and windows > on the other 13 Mb. Everything was working fine till I ran the > norton-antivirus on a file. NAV reported that the boot partition has been > changed and this is a

Re: Lost linux partition

2001-03-01 Thread Tyler Braun
I think all you need to do is boot off a disk. I generally have a couple around, I make once once in awhile when compiling a new kernel. If you don't have a kernel on a disk, you can (I believe) download one. I think they're made as part of doing a disk install, and you could download the images in

Re: Lost linux partition

2001-03-01 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
Kundan, It ain't destroyed first off. Get your boot diskette out (you DID build a boot diskette right!). Boot on it, and rerun lilo. Should get you back on dualboot in seconds. If you don't have your boot diskette, fetch toms root boot ... I just checked my local archives, and for whatever

Lost linux partition

2001-03-01 Thread #KUNDAN KUMAR#
dear all, My system is (was) dual boot with debian on a partition of 5 Mb and windows on the other 13 Mb. Everything was working fine till I ran the norton-antivirus on a file. NAV reported that the boot partition has been changed and this is a virus like activity. I was just out of mind and asked