Hi all, Newbie, but after some troubles got FC2 2.6.8-something running with a lot of tools (samba, swat, etc..), then used QTPARTED to create an extra FAT32 partition on my disk. After doing that and rebooting, the system booted, showed the entries ofthe c:\boot.ini (WinXP partition) and gave me the possibility to choose, all as usual. The problem: Choosed for the FC2 , and the system came up with a text-only screen with the grub command prompt. Situation (dual boot from Win-partition): * Machine with Windows XP * Installed fedora 2 without overwriting the MBR and installed grub on the new created linux partition * Copied (with dd-command) to a file fedora.bin, placed it on my windows C:\, edited boot.ini * Worked fine for some weeks Used QTPARTED to create a new FAT32 to share it with other PC's on my home network (SAMBA). * Now this problem occurs * Still able to boot and start WindowsXP (I'm actually using this on the same machine to send this mail) * Used the Fedora rescue disk used sfdisk to inspect the partition table (sfdisk, because I have a printout of sfdisk -l): seems Ok, nothing changed to the original ones only a new one: excatly the size of the new I created * With the rescou disk I was able to * Cd /mnt/sysimage * Cd to my home directoy: all data (mainly KMAIL files) are still there No idea what I really damaged. Due to the tool it seems to be the partition table, but for me it also can be something else, GRUB for instance (newbie on linux) Can one of you help me out? * Instructions ?? * If I have to reinstall *can do that): how can I reacue my KMAIL-data (windows driver for ext2 or tar/gzip to a floppy - not that much, but important. NEWBIE: I'm experienced IT-person, but more on (windows-)application development level, so technical skills, but nearly no knowledge of this type of stuff. So please detail the instructions if you have some. I would be very, very pleased when I'm able to rescue this without damaging my WinXP (my wife and son have a lot of data Stored on it) Met vriendelijke groet, Hans Troost Wederik 21 3831 AW Leusden The Netherlands
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