teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Oops! I have not been in command prompt in Windows in a long time: cd c:\Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 JuliaI do NOT have Windows 98SE CD I sold it when I thought it was bye bye MSColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 OK. But what happens when you type cd C:\????Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Windows has to be there . . nothing changed in the last few hours . . . . Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Are you first rebooting into Windows ?? . . . . and then at the A> prompt type cd C:\ Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 BrunoI think he fell asleep at the keyboard!Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 No Julia went back in posts for --->>> Starting Windows 98Type the name of interpereter command (eg C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM)A>Thats what I get every timeColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 ColinAt that point, from the a:\ prompt in trying to boot into Windows I want you to type: cd c:\ Then if you can successfully change to the c drive I want you to type: win and tell me what happens!Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 I Did SEVERAL timesAnd it ALWAYS came back with that same messageColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 JuliaIt does not give the A:\ it is A>Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Are you telling me it will not let you type C:\ and change drives?Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 I think that is correct Julia I type C:\ and back to that A>.........It is trying to access A Floppy as it boots windowsColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 No Colin!Do not type just c:\ but you must type cd c:\ It won't change to the C drive unless you type CD first!Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 And typing C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM ??? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 I tried that JuliaBut will do againColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 If you can not CD (Change Directories) to the C:\ drive then you can't boot into windows. Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Colin Boot back into Mandrake for me and tell me when you are there!Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 That seems So JuliaI still get those same interpreter messages.I surprised/confused at the A> thoughColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 ColinBoot into Mandrake please!Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 In Mandrakecolin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Post me cat /etc/fstab Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 ColinOpen Konqueror. Can you then browse to your Windows partition?Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 [kamicota@localhost kamicota]$ cat /etc/fstab/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0none /proc proc defaults 0 0/dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0[kamicota@localhost kamicota]$Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Three things:1. Post your cat /etc/fstab for Bruno2. Use the up arrow in Konqueror to the / and then click on /mnt and then on your /windows partition.3. Tell me if you see any files there after waiting a minute.Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 JuliaThere is NO Windows Partition in mntColin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 See he can not browse to Windows partitionColin boot into PCLos . . and post me "cat /etc/fstab" from there ! Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted May 22, 2004 Author Share Posted May 22, 2004 [kamicota@localhost kamicota]$ cat /etc/fstab### entries below this line were automatically added by LiveCD installnone /proc proc defaults 0 0none /dev devfs defaults 0 0# fd: H1440none /mnt/fd0 supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=udf:iso9660,user,exec,rw,noauto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0# /dev/hda1, size=12289662, type=11: FAT32 (primary)/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat user,exec,rw,auto,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0# /dev/hda5, size=24579387, type=11: FAT32 (extended)/dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5 vfat user,exec,rw,auto,iocharset=iso8859-1,co depage=850,umask=0 0 0# /dev/hda6, size=2056257, type=11: FAT32 (extended)/dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 vfat user,exec,rw,auto,iocharset=iso8859-1,co depage=850,umask=0 0 0# /dev/hda7, size=20482812, type=387: Journalised FS: ReiserFS (extended)/dev/hda7 /mnt/hda7 reiserfs user,exec,rw,auto,notail,noatime 0 0# /dev/hda8, size=1927737, type=130: Linux swap (extended)/dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0# /dev/hda9, size=18956637, type=387: Journalised FS: ReiserFS (extended)/dev/hda9 / reiserfs notail,noatime,notail,noatime 0 0# cdrom: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4081Bnone /mnt/hdc supermount dev=/dev/hdc,fs=udf:iso9660,user,exec,ro ,noauto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0,nohide 0 0[kamicota@localhost kamicota]$Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 BrunoLooks like it is time to edit the fstab. You want to take back over here or do you want me to go through it with him?Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Definitely a huge difference between the two!Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 22, 2004 Share Posted May 22, 2004 Colin let me see: ls /mnt/hda1 Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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