Have you tried using one of the cd bootable linux distros such as Knoppix ? That might do what you are looking for. A thought, Ron -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Nutter ron_nutter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Network Infrastructure & Security Manager Information Technology Services (502)863-7002 Georgetown College Georgetown, KY 40324-1696 -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Gamblin Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:33 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Dual boot laptop problem I have (or should I say had) a laptop (Thinkpad T23) that dual boots Redhat 9 and Windows 2000. I needed to upgrade the Windows side to Windows XP. The upgrade didn't go well so a clean install of Windows was needed. I selected the Windows partition during the setup process and told it to format the partition. The install evidently wiped out the partition table, and I forgot to save a copy of the boot.ini file, so now I cannot get to my linux install. msconfig does not give me the option to edit the boot.ini file. In fact I cannot even find the real file, just a backup file. I think the linux partition is still there, but I do not know how to get to it. Is there any way to get the partition table back so I can boot into the linux side? Thanks, Barry -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
