Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Right . . there you are . . I was worried nothing booted anymore . . . LOL . . . Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 Nope Bruno Was just writing my 15 dreams in the Journal and was still in PCloshere it is OOPS [kamicota@localhost kamicota]$ suPassword:[root@localhost kamicota]# fdisk /dev/hdaThe number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4998.There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,and could in certain setups cause problems with:1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)Command (m for help):Colin Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 Command (m for help): pDisk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hda1 1 765 6144831 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)/dev/hda2 * 766 4998 34001572+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)/dev/hda5 766 2295 12289693+ 83 Linux/dev/hda6 2296 2423 1028128+ ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)/dev/hda7 2424 3698 10241406 83 Linux/dev/hda8 3699 3818 963868+ 82 Linux swap/dev/hda9 3819 4998 9478318+ 83 LinuxCommand (m for help):Colin Quote
Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Colin . . You are in Mandrake right ??Now be very careful and precize;Good now press a and Enter and then 2 and Enter ( This removes the bootable flag from hda2 )After that press t and Enter then 1 and Enter ( the number ONE )then b and EnterAfter that press p and Enter and show me the resultsB) Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 Yes I am in MDK 10And will look at your instructionsColin Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 This is from the beginning[kamicota@localhost kamicota]$ suPassword:[root@localhost kamicota]# fdisk /dev/hdaThe number of cylinders for this disk is set to 4998.There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,and could in certain setups cause problems with:1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)Command (m for help): pDisk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hda1 1 765 6144831 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)/dev/hda2 * 766 4998 34001572+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)/dev/hda5 766 2295 12289693+ 83 Linux/dev/hda6 2296 2423 1028128+ ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)/dev/hda7 2424 3698 10241406 83 Linux/dev/hda8 3699 3818 963868+ 82 Linux swap/dev/hda9 3819 4998 9478318+ 83 LinuxCommand (m for help): aPartition number (1-9): 2Command (m for help): tPartition number (1-9): 1Hex code (type L to list codes): bChanged system type of partition 1 to b (W95 FAT32)Command (m for help): pDisk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hda1 1 765 6144831 b W95 FAT32/dev/hda2 766 4998 34001572+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)/dev/hda5 766 2295 12289693+ 83 Linux/dev/hda6 2296 2423 1028128+ ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)/dev/hda7 2424 3698 10241406 83 Linux/dev/hda8 3699 3818 963868+ 82 Linux swap/dev/hda9 3819 4998 9478318+ 83 LinuxCommand (m for help):Colin Quote
teacher Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 ColinRemember - today is the day to go slow and careful and it will all be well before you know it!Julia Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 JuliaJust LOVED those words of Wisdom Colin Quote
Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Now press t and Enter then 6 and Enter ( The number SIX-key )then b and EnterAfter that press p and Enter and show me the resultsB) Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 Command (m for help): tPartition number (1-9): 6Hex code (type L to list codes): bChanged system type of partition 6 to b (W95 FAT32)Command (m for help): pDisk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hda1 1 765 6144831 b W95 FAT32/dev/hda2 766 4998 34001572+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)/dev/hda5 766 2295 12289693+ 83 Linux/dev/hda6 2296 2423 1028128+ b W95 FAT32/dev/hda7 2424 3698 10241406 83 Linux/dev/hda8 3699 3818 963868+ 82 Linux swap/dev/hda9 3819 4998 9478318+ 83 LinuxCommand (m for help):Boy this is palpitations Quote
Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Brillant . . you are doing well Colin . . next:Good now press a and Enter and then 1 and Enter ( The numer ONE key )( This sets the bootable flag to hda1 )After that press p and Enter and show me the resultsB) Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 Beats a fearful horror movie Hu Command (m for help): aPartition number (1-9): 1Command (m for help): pDisk /dev/hda: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylindersUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/hda1 * 1 765 6144831 b W95 FAT32/dev/hda2 766 4998 34001572+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)/dev/hda5 766 2295 12289693+ 83 Linux/dev/hda6 2296 2423 1028128+ b W95 FAT32/dev/hda7 2424 3698 10241406 83 Linux/dev/hda8 3699 3818 963868+ 82 Linux swap/dev/hda9 3819 4998 9478318+ 83 LinuxCommand (m for help):Colin Quote
Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Nice one !!!Now:Press w and Enter and show me the resultsB) Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 Command (m for help): wThe partition table has been altered!Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.The kernel still uses the old table.The new table will be used at the next reboot.WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.xpartitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additionalinformation.Syncing disks.[root@localhost kamicota]# Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 [root@localhost kamicota]# /sbin/liloAdded MandrakeAdded PCLos *Added PCLos-2426Added Mepis-24Added Mepis-26Added linux-nonfbAdded failsafeAdded WindowsAdded floppy[root@localhost kamicota]#Colin Quote
Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 ColinNow reboot and make me a post from WINDOWS !!! :DB) Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 Oky Dokie BrunoJust give me time as there will be a few program shortcuts NOT workingColin Quote
Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Well anyway see if Windows boots and then come back to MANDRAKEB) Bruno Quote
teacher Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Here's to a recovery of the Windows portion! Julia Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 Windows with only4 Shortcut programs out of SyncColin Quote
Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Great Job Colin !!!Now go back to Mandrrake . . . we still have work to do Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 On my way BrunoHey and I did NOT lose HD E which is now hd D and at the same 0.97GIsn't that wonderfulColin Quote
Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 I know Colin . . you can even make it the cache for IE again . . . . . . but that for another time ! . . . . We have to finish the JOB in Mandrake ;) Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 Back in Mandrake brunoSurprised there has never been "Root" available at log in only "kamicota" Colin Quote
teacher Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 That means you did an auto-login Colin!That can be on the list of things to fix. Then again, not logging in as root is a good thing. Julia Quote
Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 Okay let us take care of that first then:Menu --> Configuratiion --> Configure your Desktop ------> System --> Login Manager. Push the "Administrator Mode" button and give your root password . . . . Then on the tab "users" take away the tick in the box in front of "root" . . ( leave "nobody" ticked ) . . . Apply . . . . And we are done !! Bruno Quote
kamicota Posted May 23, 2004 Author Posted May 23, 2004 JuliaI am SURE I unchecked the box but now it seems like Colin Quote
Bruno Posted May 23, 2004 Posted May 23, 2004 No you have no autologin . . but just only one choice of a login for the user and not as root . . . see my post above. Bruno Quote
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