I just tried to use a tool called Partition Magic to resize my Windows partition down to allow more space for my Linux SWAP partition. This tool completely hosed my Windows partition. I had to completely re-install Windows (fortunately, I had a full backup for it that I made yesterday over on another Windows machine). Now, however, I can't get back into Linux!!! I put in the original installation CD and when the screen comes up, I select RESCUE. Everything seems to be going ok, but I get to a place where I get the following prompt - Rescue login: I have no idea what to enter here. I tried using my regular user id and password, no luck. When I say root, it prompts me with - Rescue:` # I have no idea what this is asking me for. Any help greatly appreciated. I have to go out for a couple of hours and will check for messages as soon as I return. I would think this is a pretty simple problem once you know the secret. I looked in my SUSE Administration guide and a Linux command handbook and couldn't find this in either. I am running 8.1 Professional. I will be out for a couple of hours. I'll check back then. Hopefully, someone out there can tell me how to get through this. Yours truly, Greg Wallace
On Wednesday 18 August 2004 03:57, Greg Wallace wrote:
I just tried to use a tool called Partition Magic to resize my Windows partition down to allow more space for my Linux SWAP partition. This tool completely hosed my Windows partition. I had to completely re-install Windows (fortunately, I had a full backup for it that I made yesterday over on another Windows machine). Now, however, I can't get back into Linux!!! I put in the original installation CD and when the screen comes up, I select RESCUE.
Don't. You can do it from there, but since you don't already know it, going the graphical route will be simpler to explain. Select installation. One of the first prompts you get will ask you what you want to do: install, upgrade or boot installed system. Select "boot installed system". This will get you to your suse system. Here you can start YaST, go to System->Bootloader configuration, and tell it to restall your bootloader
The Tuesday 2004-08-17 at 17:57 -0800, Greg Wallace wrote:
I put in the original installation CD and when the screen comes up, I select RESCUE. Everything seems to be going ok, but I get to a place where I get the following prompt -
Rescue login:
I have no idea what to enter here.
Just 'root'.
I tried using my regular user id and password, no luck. When I say root, it prompts me with -
Rescue:` #
I have no idea what this is asking me for. Any help greatly appreciated.
That's simply the root's command line prompt. It is waiting for your commands. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
-----Original Message----- From: Carlos E. R. [mailto:robin1.listas@tiscali.es] Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 2:21 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Urgent! Need help! On Saturday, August 21,2004 @ 2:2p PM, Carlos Robinson wrote:
The Tuesday 2004-08-17 at 17:57 -0800, Greg Wallace wrote:
I put in the original installation CD and when the screen comes up, I select RESCUE. Everything seems to be going ok, but I get to a place where I get the following prompt -
Rescue login:
I have no idea what to enter here.
Just 'root'.
I tried using my regular user id and password, no luck. When I say root, it prompts me with -
Rescue:` #
I have no idea what this is asking me for. Any help greatly appreciated.
That's simply the root's command line prompt. It is waiting for your commands.
-- -Cheers, - Carlos Robinson Thanks for the info. Greg W
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