[wplug] kernel not loading after partitioning hard drive

[Vanco, Donald]

Did you move the kernels beyond 1024 cylinders when you repartitioned?  If
so - lilo cannot find them anymore...

Don

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Cantalupo [mailto:lupey+ at pitt.edu] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:00 AM
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Subject: [wplug] kernel not loading after partitioning hard drive
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am just repartitioned my hard drive with Partition Magic 
> 7.0. I have a
> Windows partition and several Linux partitions. After reboot, 
> LILO pops
> up with a choice (as usual) of Windows or 2 linux kernels. One of my
> kernels (the original one) works but when I select the other 
> (I use this
> kernel for NTFS support), it hangs during loading. It literally stops
> with "Loading........................" displayed on the screen.
> 
> Is my kernel corrupted from the partitioning? If so, how much 
> more of my
> hard drive could be corrupted? Any chance of recovery beside using my
> non-existent backup CD?  :(
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Paul
> 
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