Linux Kernel 2.6 Rescue Disk Please

[Psych]

As a few of you might remember, I have been trying to fix an annoying boot problem with my computer for a long time. I tried to install Fedora Core 2, and my the CHS table was changed, causing Windows to not successfully boot.

I tried using

sfdisk -d /dev/hda | sfdisk --no-reread -H255 /dev/hda

from the System Rescue Disk, but it did not change the CHS tables AT ALL. I think this is because the rescue disk did not use Linux Kernel 2.6 (which introduced the new way of addressing the hard drive's geometry).

I don't want to have to risk reinstalling Linux just to get this fixed. Is there a bootable disk I can obtain that should work?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Knoppix?

 

[groovin]

http://www.knoppix.org/

 

[groovin]

n0c, you beat me to it by a few seconds!

psych, the 3.6 version of knppix has 2.6.7 as a boot option.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: groovin
n0c, you beat me to it by a few seconds!

psych, the 3.6 version of knppix has 2.6.7 as a boot option.

There's a reason I'm elite you know. 😛

 

[Sunner]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: groovin
n0c, you beat me to it by a few seconds!

psych, the 3.6 version of knppix has 2.6.7 as a boot option.

There's a reason I'm elite you know. 😛

Bah, that's because you're the mods pet!

Me on the other hand...errr....nevermind... 😱

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Sunner

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: groovin
n0c, you beat me to it by a few seconds!

psych, the 3.6 version of knppix has 2.6.7 as a boot option.

There's a reason I'm elite you know. 😛

Bah, that's because you're the mods pet!

Me on the other hand...errr....nevermind... 😱

:laugh:

 

[SUOrangeman]

KNOPPIX may be a bit hefty for this instance alone. A little Gentoo could probably do it just as good ... if not better!

-SUO

 

[groovin]

hefty, yes, but at least he could browse the web while he waits for his system to be usable.

 

[Psych]

Unfortunately, it did not work. I did not have terribly high hopes for this new attempt at fixing an old problem, but it was worth a try in my opinion.

Instead of trying to figure all this out myself, I am just going to ask. When I enter in:

sfdisk -d /dev/hda

I receive partition information. Does this information come from LBA?

sfdisk -H255 /dev/hda

Does this write 255 Heads into the LBA format, or into the CHS???? I am thinking it writes into the LBA one, which IS NOT THE ONE I WANT IT TO WRITE TO.