[102385] in RedHat Linux List
Re: repartitioning
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Wed Dec 2 17:43:15 1998
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 17:39:25 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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CC: dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com
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"David E. Fox" wrote:
> > win95/master drive, will I still be able
> > to access Linux on the second. I'm currentl;y running lilo in the MBR of
> > the master hard drive.
>
> You should still be able to access Linux, provided the repartitioning
> doesn't remove or alter the boot record. The repartitioning won't
> touch the second drive, so everything there should be OK. Rerunning
> LILO shouldn't be necessary, but you might want to do it just on
> general principles.
>
> > If not what can I do to be sure to have access to linux to rerun lilo.
>
> Well, a spare boot floppy always is a good idea. Just dd the Linux
> kernel to a good floppy, then use rdev to tell the Linux kernel which
> drive/partition contains your root partition.
Or run mkbootdisk. You could be hosed without a boot floppy,
as lots of DOS things like to check the MBR and 'fix' it for you.
--
Jan Carlson
janc@iname.com Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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