Lilo has stopped me getting at windows

Boffy · 07-25-2004, 04:57 PM

I am getting errors when i boot to windows saying that the following file is missing or currupted: A:\IFSHLP.SYS and i need to identify the windows boot file. Can anyone help me do it? Book disks don't help and i think lilo caused it since the problem would appear to be in the boot partition. Lilo.conf contents:

Code:

 
# File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
default="linux"
keytable=/boot/uk.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=30
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="linux"
	root=/dev/hda5
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent"
	vga=788
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="linux-nonfb"
	root=/dev/hda5
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6"
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk
	label="263-7"
	root=/dev/hda5
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img
	append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent"
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="failsafe"
	root=/dev/hda5
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 devfs=nomount"
	read-only
other=/dev/hda1
	label="windows"
	table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
	label="floppy"
	unsafe

Boffy

michaelk · 07-25-2004, 08:30 PM

Which windows are you running?
ifshlp.sys is located in the c:\windows directory.

Have you tired booting the windows install CD or booting a DOS floppy disk and running the scandisk program?

Boffy · 07-26-2004, 05:36 PM

Ok i created a boot floppy for me using another PC and I was informed that my c: is not a Fate 32 partition which i know it is since i can access it fine from linux. I then obtained scandisk but i can only get it to run a scan on the floppy. Can anyone help me out here?

Boffy

michaelk · 07-26-2004, 07:59 PM

What windows version are you running?

Boot to linux and su root. Run the followng console command:

fdisk -l /dev/hda (That is a small L).

What does the output indicate for hda1?

Boffy · 07-27-2004, 04:53 AM

I am running windows me.
Here is the output of that command:

Code:

Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        2558    20547103+  1b  Hidden W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2            2559        3649     8763457+   5  Extended
/dev/hda5            2559        3191     5084541   83  Linux
/dev/hda6            3192        3254      506016   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda7            3255        3649     3172806   83  Linux