Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Oct 2004 05:47:07 -0600 | From | TimO <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.6.8 Hates DOS partitions |
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Andries Brouwer wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 01:31:34PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > >>Only the DOS partitions and the swap are used in this new configuration. >>This is a new "Fedora Linux 2" installation on a completely >>different IDE hard disk, in which I have to enable boot disks in >>the BIOS to boot the new system. >> >>Immediately after installing the new system I reverted (in the BIOS) >>to the original to make sure that I was still able to boot the old >>system and the DOS partition. Everything was fine. >> >>Then I installed linux-2.6.8 after building a new kernel with >>the old ".config" file used as `make oldconfig`. Everything was >>fine after that, also. >> >>I have now run for about a week and I can't boot the DOS partition >>anymore! >> >>I can copy everything from C: and D: from within Linux >>and then re-do the DOS partitions, BUT.... bad stuff >>will happen again unless the cause is found. > > > Well, if you do and the same thing happens, we know that there is something > reproducible here. That is always good to know. It might be that you did > something a week ago and forgot all about it and now have a strange bug. > > If this is reproducible, then there are lots of possible explanations. > > Have you considered the numbering of the disks? You changed things in > the BIOS. Did the Linux SCSI disk numbering remain the same? > > Andries > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
Having experienced a similar but not exact situation; I'm going to suggest that your BIOS is to blame. (AMI?) If you hadn't already done a MBR restore; I would have suggested for you to remove the ATA disk to see if you could once again boot to DOS. You might remove it anyway to see if a boot from DOS floppy will again allow you to 'see' the DOS D:\ partition. My situation actually arose from a motherboard swap; AOpen/Award/K7 --> GByte/AMI/AthlonXP. Linux booted fine and ran for 2 weeks with- out problem. I could even see/read all the DOS/VFAT partitions just fine. It wasn't until I went to boot Win98 that I noticed the prob- lem(Invalid system disk). Booting from a floppy showed a "Drive not ready" for C:(hda2); D:(hdc1) looked fine but became corrupt as soon as I wrote to it, and E:(hdc2) didn't even show. I made sure to transfer the IDE settings exactly but no amount of war would allow both systems to boot from the same hard drive(ATA)on the GByte/AMI board and I eventually managed to trash the Linux / as well. Another motherboard with an Award/Pheonix Bios, a little restoration and all is once again right with the(my) world.
oh, YMMV :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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