[plug] Knoppix whacks an XP partition :(

[Randal Adamson]

I've seen this happen before too.

The first thing I'd check is lilo.conf. Mine is setup as follows:

<cut down to the nitty gritty ...>

other=/dev/hda1
  label="WindowsXP"


Then somehow in a windows machine (you may need to remove the hdd and
mount it to another windows box to do this):

Check boot.ini ->

in a dos prompt go:

attrib c:\boot.ini -s -h -r

then edit the file in notepad or dos editor

make sure the default=multi(0).... line is hunky dory

then set it back

attrib c:\boot.ini +s +h +r

Then restart and try it from lilo ;)

good luck,

Ranz

On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 21:27, Shayne O'Neill wrote:
> Any idea on the best way to fix this.
> 
> Installed the latest Knoppix, (2.6 kernel 3.2 kde.. nice :), and
> it seemed to of damaged XP (It *might* of been qpart that did this
> actually), anyway. its all there, but the NTLRD or wtf its called aint
> there.
> 
> drops into 'rescue console' and fixboot. nope. fixmbr. nope (but loses
> lilo... no biggie easy fix there).
> 
> Any ideas? (Other than lose xp... alas theres still some software I use
> that has no *real* linux analog yet)
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> On Wed, 5 May 2004, Adam Ashley wrote:
> 
> > I'd suggest checking out www.computercybershop.com.au store is near
> > megamart in the city.
> >
> > I got an ASUS 5200N from there at the beginning of the year, ultra
> > portable, wireless, and it comes with two batteries one about 2.5hr long
> > and the other 5hrs long and those times are accurate.
> >
> > As to linux support I run Gentoo on it full time with a 2.6.5 kernel and
> > everything works perfectly. Well mostly it is a centrino so ndiswrapper
> > is needed atm for wireless but it works fine. I also havent bothered
> > figuring out the memory card reader as I dont have any cards for it.
> >
> > My father also got an ASUS M2 which is bigger but with a longer battery
> > life (7hrs standard). He only runs windows but I have used knoppix on it
> > without any problems.
> >
> > The reason I mentioned cybershop is they will do salary sacrifice which
> > makes it much cheaper.
> >
> > On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 10:17, Richard Meyer wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi guys, I'm in the market for a decent laptop.
> > >
> > > I've looked through linuxlaptop.com, but there doesn't seem to be any
> > > discussion about how well particular lappies work with linux.
> > > Linuxlaptop.org and .net are worse than useless, just pushing hosting and
> > > domain names.
> > >
> > > I have my eye on the Toshiba A10 at the moment (the price is nearly right)
> > > - I would like any feedback from people who have lappies working with linux
> > > as to what they have, how well it works, and whether they'd buy it again in
> > > hindsight. Any comments on the A10 would also be helpful. The pedlar
> > > (salesman) at the Toshiba place is quite happy that I take in a Knoppix CD
> > > and try it.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > RichardM
> > >
> > >
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