[plug] Wiped partition table (was: panic)

[Leon Brooks]

Dennis Plester wrote:

> Mike wrote "
>> so your partiton table was wiped? Windows has been known to do that.

 > I don't think it had wiped the partition table. If it did, not
 > completely, as windows was still working and booting off LILO
 > after my Linux went haywire.

Actually, ``through a baling machine'' would be more accurate than 
``haywire.'' What actually happens is that your extended partitions 
linked list gets destroyed. Primary partitions (such as Windows) should 
be fine. The kernel is loaded by LILO directly (no file system yet), and 
would get just as far if you removed the partition table completely.

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