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["Stan Goodman" <stan.goodman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Reply to message from "Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx> on Thu, 1 Nov 2007
23:53:06 -0500


> On Thursday 01 November 2007 12:52:53 pm Stan Goodman wrote:
>
> +---+--+-----------------+--+--------+--------+-----------+----------+--------+
> |ID |Dr|Type, description|ux|Format  |Related |VolumeLabel|LVM Volume|Size 
> MiB|
> +---+--<disk  1></dev/hda   >--------+--------+-----------<[ D1 ]    
> > --------+
> |01>|  |Prim 0a IBM-BMGR | 2|BMGR    |LVM     |I13Xneeded |., BootMan|     
> 7.8|
> |02 |  |Log  82 SunS/SWAP| 5|SWAP    |LinuxV1 |SWAPSPACE2 |, LinuxSwa|   
> 502.0|
> |03 |  |Log  83 LinuxNatv| 6|XFS     |Linux   |           |SuSE, SuSE| 
> 50007.0|
> |04*|  |Log  83 LinuxNatv| 7|EXT2    |GRUB    |           |SuSE v10.2|     
> 7.8|
> |05 |  |FreeSpace Logical|  |-- -- --|-- -- --|- - - - - -|          | 
> 21987.4|
> |05*|C:|Log  07 Inst-FSys| 8|HPFS    |IBM 4.50|ECS        |eCS v1.1, |  
> 1004.0|
> |06 |D:|Log  35 Warp-LVM | 9|JFS     |IBM 4.50|           |OS/2 Apps,|  
> 1506.1|
> |07 |H:|Log  35 Warp-LVM |10|JFS     |IBM 4.50|INFO       |Info, Info|  
> 2502.3|
> |08 |W:|Log  35 Warp-LVM |11|JFS     |IBM 4.50|DATAFILES  |DataFiles,|  
> 1004.0|
> +---+--+-----------------+--+--------+--------+-----------+----------+--------+
>  > = Active/Startable * = Bootable r = Removable R = Removable+Active/Bootable
>
> There is another option. 
> You can resize partition ID 4 to some 10 GB, 
> format with ext3 and install 10.3 as a rescue system where you will have all 
> tools available. Boot loader should be installed in boot sector of partition 
> like current. 
>
> Yet another option is to use grub prompt that you have:
> grub>
> to repair boot configuration. 
>  
> Some tips can be picked up from:
>    http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:The_Boot_Manager_Grub
> and 
>    http://en.opensuse.org/GRUB
> has few usefull links. 
>
> The Ubuntu disk can be used to mount /dev/sda6 (ID 03) and see what is 
> installed 
> in /boot and /boot/grub directories. If it works like Knoppix than partition 
> should 
> be already mounted as read only and presented as icons on desktop. 

It's very good to have options; thanks for all this information. I am very
grateful for the helpfulness of this group.

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel


REAL similes/metaphors by high school students; #13: The hailstones leaped from 
the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
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