Re: XP won't boot after knoppix 3.4 hdinstall
Bill Eastman <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.knoppix |
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Klaus Knopper wrote: >On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 09:47:59AM -0400, Joris Huizer wrote: > > >>I don't know why -- it didn't work. >>I gave that command and when I now boot the computer it does the usual >>hardware startup stuff, and then says, >> >>CDROM: >>MBR >> >>(as if it first "thinks" it should read a cdrom, maybe that's standard >>anyway) but then it just says MBR, and nothing happens. >> >> > >The obvious explanation would be that there is no more bootable >partition on your harddisk, therefore the MBR bootloader stops and waits >for instructions. Could it be that, when using Fabian's installer, you >DELETED your Windows partition instead of just RESIZING it and adding a >swap and Linux data partition on the empty space? > > > >>Can you tell me how to solve this? >> >> > >If the above is true, your Windows partition is gone for good. > >Do you still see the content of the (ex-)Windows partition when booting >Knoppix from CD? > >Regards >-Klaus Knopper > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >debian-knoppix mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.linuxtag.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-knoppix > > If he has a Windows 98 boot floppy, he could fdisk /mbr. Before doing that, I suggest making a linux boot floppy. Then when he wants linux, just boot from the floppy. -- Bill Eastman KE5ASU