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08-14-2003, 04:28 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
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I used partition magic as my partitioner and made a Linux Partition and made it when i installed it as a main Grub install nstead of a boot disk and now i cant get to windows XP
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08-14-2003, 04:31 PM
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 19,192
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It's definitely a possibility - maybe, and this is just an idea, he messed up the boot loader area thingy. If so, stick in a DOS disk of some description (if you don't have one, Tom's Root Disk could help. I don't know the uRL, but Google for it and it'll be there), at the DOS prompt, type in fdisk /mbr and reboot.
Alternatively, put in your XP disk and try to rescue it from the rescue options. If worst comes to worst (and I've had to do this myself a couple of times......flatten the hard drive, use PM to create 2 (or more) partitions, install XP on the first partition and Linux on the second - I normally put Grub or LILO on the mbr.
Again, though, it may really help to know the following before you do anything further:
What is your distro?
Talk us through the install you did - we may get pointers from there
and as Sorrodos asks - post the contents of /etc/fstab and grub.conf.
Without the info we are just guessing and this could easily go on forever.
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08-14-2003, 04:34 PM
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
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Oh yes, sorry if this sounds patronisong, but punctuation really helps in posts. It is becoming increasingly hard to understand what you are trying to say in your posts.
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08-14-2003, 04:35 PM
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Posts: 29
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i dont know what he distro is im still a noob my friend gave me his linux cause he doesnt use it and im new lots o things about the programs inside linux not the regular things like distro and all that
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08-14-2003, 04:37 PM
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#20
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Registered: Aug 2003
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srry about that im not use to puting punctuation in. I'll start now!!
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08-14-2003, 04:37 PM
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
Posts: 19,192
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Distro means distribution. For example, I am running Red Hat Linux 9, Sorrodos is running SUSE 8.2. What are the disks your friend gave you? Most common distros are Mandrake, Red Hat (both easy to install and use), Slackware (difficult for newbies), Debian (also tricky), JAMD Linux, SUSE Linux, Gentoo, etc etc.
What's yours called?
(edited for typos! How ironic after my last post)
Last edited by XavierP; 08-14-2003 at 04:39 PM.
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08-14-2003, 04:40 PM
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#22
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oh he gave me a burned disk of Red Hat Linux. I believe it is version 7.3
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08-14-2003, 04:41 PM
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Posts: 29
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im on laptop and the buttons are sticky. Sorry
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08-14-2003, 04:45 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Salt Lake City, UT and Spokane, WA
Distribution: Mandrake 10.0, Gentoo, FreeSBIE 1.0
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Leseta- Okay, now we have something to start from. I am assuming you are running in graphical mode, am I right? Does your screen look similar to Windows? Now, open a file manager, type /etc in the address entry field. Now open your fstab file and copy and paste the contents into here.
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08-14-2003, 04:46 PM
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
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'Salright.
Anyway, to the matter in hand.....
When you partitioned your disk, what did you do? The last time I partitioned I went from Win ME (I know, I know). I simply told the program to use the free/empty space at the end of the drive. How did you do it?
How long have you had the laptop? I ask because if it's new and you don't have any important data saved, you could wipe it and start from scratch.
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08-14-2003, 04:52 PM
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When i made the partition it used required amount of space. and its not the laptop that Linux is on its the other computer that is on. I cant wipe out all the dat because my mom is in a lawsuit with all her data on the other computer
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08-14-2003, 05:01 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Salt Lake City, UT and Spokane, WA
Distribution: Mandrake 10.0, Gentoo, FreeSBIE 1.0
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Okay, you can boot into Linux on the machine in question, correct? If you can, can you see the Windows XP partition while in Linux?
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08-14-2003, 05:28 PM
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#28
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Registered: Aug 2003
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i used the required space and i am using the laptop to use the internet but not with linux
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08-14-2003, 05:37 PM
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Salt Lake City, UT and Spokane, WA
Distribution: Mandrake 10.0, Gentoo, FreeSBIE 1.0
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Yes, I realize all this.
But on the other machine, are you able to boot into Linux, and if so, can you browse the NTFS partition?
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08-14-2003, 05:50 PM
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#30
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i cant get the graphical version im in a dos type screen but if i cant get into the NTFS partition
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