On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, Jonathan Ng wrote: > I'm having the worst nightmare of my life! I > highlighted my problems with booting up Windows after > installing FC2. > > A kind soul pointed me to a manual, and I also did > Googled the problem. Tried doing it to no avail. > > Finally, I got sick and tired of FC2. And tried to > re-install Windows XP. I tried repairing, I tried > installing Suse Linux, I even removed the entire swap > and ext3 partition. But Windows NEVER boots up. Now, > my hard disk is nearly useless. All thanks to the > wonderful F-ing FC2. > > Can anyone help me? See, e.g., http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2.shtml. I hate to say it, but you could have saved yourself a lot of grief if you had asked as soon as you knew you had a problem. The solution to this problem is now well-known. > By the way, it seems that this problem was around > since FC1, why the hell didn't they fix it?!?! It was not a problem in FC1--it only affects 2.6 kernels. But knowing you have a problem is only half the battle. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
