Re: Linux Boot Floppy Went Bad on W2K-Linux Dual Boot

Richard Z. Ward wrote:
> Forrest,
> 
> Thank you for replying. Booting from the CD and typing 'linux rescue'
> appears to get me somewhere, but I need to do some reading to discover what
> to do next.
> 
> I get the
> 
> sh-2.04#
> 
> command prompt and clearly I'm not looking at my file system. I've looked on
> the Web for instructions for what to do next -- should I try to mount the
> old file system somehow? should I use this command prompt to create a new
> boot disk?
> 
> Could you direct me to a page with rescue instructions? The ones I've found
> so far don't talk about this.
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Richard

First of all, did it say that it was mounting your filesystems?  Try 
`df` to see what you have mounted.  Your Linux partitions should be 
mounted in /mnt/sysimage.  Try `chroot /mnt/sysimage` to see if you can 
'change root' to your Linux system.  If you can, you should be able to 
see all of your Linux files, and use mkbootdisk to create a new bootdisk.

Let me know if you can chroot, and we'll go from there.

Forrest
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