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I just upgraded my kernel to v1.0 from 0.99.14.

Did the usual make config,
Did the usual make config,
              make dep
              make clean
              make

I followed the v1.0 kernel installation instructions and now I cannot load
DOS when I turn on my computer.  I do not know what all the commands do
(pretty dangerous :)) but when I rdev it says => /dev/hda2.

 /dev/hda1 = DOS partition
 /dev/hda2 = Linux fs
 /dev/hda2 = Linux fs
 /dev/hda2 = linux swap.

I cannot seem to change the filesystem back to dos, even when I boot dos
from my a: drive and use fdisk.  I really do not want to dump the Linux fs
and start from scratch.

I have all the HOW documents but maybe I have missed the right one.
Can anybody tell me what's up?

Robert Newton

] I just upgraded my kernel to v1.0 from 0.99.14.
...
] I followed the v1.0 kernel installation instructions and now I cannot load
] DOS when I turn on my computer.  I do not know what all the commands do
] (pretty dangerous :)) but when I rdev it says => /dev/hda2.
...
] I cannot seem to change the filesystem back to dos, even when I boot dos
] from my a: drive and use fdisk.  I really do not want to dump the Linux fs
] and start from scratch.
...
] I have all the HOW documents but maybe I have missed the right one.
] Can anybody tell me what's up?

Most likely your /etc/lilo.config is screwed.  Check it out carefully and
make sure that it makes sense.
The other possibility, of course, is you blundered at some point and
trashed your DOS partition....   in which case I hope you had a backup.

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Quote:>Most likely your /etc/lilo.config is screwed.  Check it out carefully and
>make sure that it makes sense.
>The other possibility, of course, is you blundered at some point and
>trashed your DOS partition....   in which case I hope you had a backup.

Well i do not have an /etc/lilo.config.

But I can load DOS from a floppy and access my harddrives :) .
Perhaps I will do a DOS backup on tape before I go further and reinstall
linux and do my upgrade a bit more carefully.
linux and do my upgrade a bit more carefully.

I do have more than one distribution that got mixed up.

Thanks for the help.
Rob.

Quote:> I just upgraded my kernel to v1.0 from 0.99.14.

> Did the usual make config,
>               make dep
>               make clean
>               make

How is your lilo configuration setup? Did you rerun this?

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Andy Hardy