On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 10:34:48PM -0800, peter wu wrote: > Steven and Aaron, > > Thanks for your kind replies. I tried what you've > suggested; however, I am afraid it's really screwed up > (unless I am doing something wrong). While trying to > run Rescue mode by pressing CONTINUE, I get the > following msg: > > You don't have any Linux partition. Press return to > get a shell. The system will reboot automatically when > you exit from the shell. > > Then I get this msg followed by a promt: > > When finished please exit from the shell and your > system will reboot. > sh-3.00# > > At the shell promt, I tried the following: > > sh-3.00# ls > sh-3.00# cd mnt > sh-3.00# ls > runtime source > > I can somehow get to mnt directory, but there are only > two directories, and there is no sysimage directory. > > Am I missing something, or am I truely hosed? Do I > need to format the entire hard drive and reinstall? > > Thank you for your help, in advance. > > --peter > Well that is bad. It means that you don't have a partition that can be recognized as a Linux system, I guess your partitions are really hosed. > > --- akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 04:59:36PM -0800, peter wu > > wrote: > > > Hi, all, > > > > > > I had a dual-boot (Windows XP on NTFS and Linux), > > but > > > I wanted to partition the C: drive where Windows > > XP > > > was installed. I used Partition Magic to first > > resize > > > C: drive to a smaller one, and then create a new > > > partition with a letter G. However, somehow, > > Partition > > > Magic screwed up, now I can't seem to boot to > > Linux, > > > whereas I can still boot to Windows from GRUB by > > the > > > following: > > > > > > GRUB> rootnoverify (hd0,1) > > > GRUB> chainloader +1 > > > GRUB> boot > > > > > > I tried to boot to Linux by doing the following: > > > > > > GRUB> root (hd0,9) > > > GRUB> kernel / <tab> > > > GRUB> kernel /boot <tab> > > > > > > But it doesn't seem to find vmlinuz... in /boot. > > When > > > I do "kernel / <tab>" it gives the "possible" > > > commands. I am wondering if there is any command > > > (possibly kernel command?) which lists the entire > > > directory (like ls in Unix or dir in DOS). > > > > > > I looked at PartitionMagic, but depressingly, all > > > partitions for Linux seem to have zero unused > > space, > > > i.e., everything appears to be used. (e.g., size > > MB: > > > 27,956.0; Used MB: 27,956.0 and Unused MB: 0.0) > > > > > > Can I somehow recover from this? Should I reformat > > > everything, I am afraid? > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > --peter > > > > -- > > Well that depends on how shrewed up the partition > > table really is. I > > would boot linux rescue, chroot to /mnt/sysimage > > which should be your > > / Linux partition, then do a fdisk. > > fdisk can re-establish the partition table. Then if > > that works create > > a grub.conf, do a grub-install and you should be in > > business. > > > ======================================================================= > > Fortune's Real-Life Courtroom Quote #7: > > > > Q: What happened then? > > A: He told me, he says, "I have to kill you because > > you can identify me." > > Q: Did he kill you? > > A: No. > > ------------------------------------------- > > Aaron Konstam > > Computer Science > > Trinity University > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > > > > -- > > Shrike-list mailing list > > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- ======================================================================= He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. -- Dr. Johnson ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484 -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
