Re: Invalid partition table?

[chioufd sas upenn edu (Fu-Dong Chiou)]

Hi,

Thank you so much for the help.  It seems that I cannot switch boot 
sequence from the BIOS.  Don't know how I installed RH 2 years ago, 
probably using ftp install.  Anyway, I just tried to use the 
(installation) boot disk.  After it booted into /dev/hda6, I ran lilo 
again, and then reboot the machine, and it doesn't complain about the 
partation table any more.  Don't know why, but this takes care of my 
problem.  Thanks again!

Chip

Mick Mearns wrote:
> 
> I just re-read your post
> 
> --- Fu-Dong Chiou <chioufd sas upenn edu> wrote:
> > Here's what I have
> >  
> >  /dev/hda1	400+M	ext2		/opt
> >  /dev/hda2	1.6+G	Extented
> >  /dev/hda5	80M	swap
> >  /dev/hda6	1.6+G	ext2		/	*bootdisk
> >  
> >  /dev/hda1 was Windows98, but was reformatted to accommondate more linux 
> >  applications, and is not bootable
> 
> OK /dev/hda1 is NOT bootable
> 
> >  I booted from a rootless bootdisk, run lilo from there, and so 
> > /dev/hda6/etc/lili.conf now only shows /dev/hda1 to be the only bootable 
> > device. 
> 
> Should that not be /dev/hda6 ?
> You can not boot from an EXTENDED partition. ( 6 is inside 2)
> 
> You were using /dev/hda1 with W98 - a PRIMARY partition marked as bootable.
> 
> Can you move your /boot partition to /dev/hda1 ?
> 
> I have never done this and it might not work, but how about changing /dev/hda2
> from extended to Linux (83) with fdisk. I have never changed the type of a
> partition with data on it. You may lose it all!!! I suspect that when fdisk
> writes the partition table - it writes an empty one. 
> 
> 
> Let us know how it goes.
>          Mick M.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Best wishes,
Chip