Uttered Vikas.Bhasin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, spake thus: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 1216 9767488+ 7 > HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda2 1217 4864 29302560 f Win95 > Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda3 2433 4864 19535008+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda5 1217 1229 104359+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 1230 2302 8618841 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 2303 2432 1044193+ 82 Linux swap > sh-2.05b# > > There are linux partitions but i'm not sure why the start and end of > blocks are overlapping for different partitions. Looking at above output, > do you think previous linux installation can be saved. No, the overlapping Linux partitions are just occupants of an extended partition. Extended partitions let us get past the 4-partition limit endemic to living in a DOS-legacy world. Looks like to me that you've just lost the GRUB/lilo bootloader. That's easy to get round. Boot back into rescue mode. Run "fsck /dev/hda[56]" to make sure that the Linux partitions are undamaged. Then reinstall GRUB: # grub-install /dev/hda You should be able to boot Linux. If your GRUB doesn't already point to the Winders partitions, just add a clause like the following to your "/etc/grub.conf" file: title Windoze rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Hope this helps. Cheery-bye.
