Decided to try Ubuntu Linux 6.06 (which is pretty cool BTW) after struggling a bit with 5.05. Unfortunately when 6.06 installed from Live CD, it did not create a boot loader to allow me back to my WXP. I have tried several recovery schemes including booting from a W98 floppy, but none successful (NTFS partition may have been corrupted.)
I can see /media/windows in file system in my file browser either from Live CD or normal 6.06 boot from hdd, but when I click on the folder, it is blank (i.e., no files or folders).
When I run
"sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /media/windows" from shell within normal bootup, I get:
"mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so"
If I click on 27.3GB Volume in "Computer" view from file browser, I get:
"Unable to mount the selected volume" and if I click on "show more details", it shows:
"error: device /dev/hada1 is not removeable
error: could not execute pmount"
I had backed up not long before the U install, but now cannot find my CD of the backup. Is there a way to reach the Windows partition from any combination of U Live CD, U 6.06 from normal boot, Windows boot floppy, Windows recover fdd or cd, or simply removing the hdd and plugging it into another windows computer?
I am prepared to remove the Windoze install from this computer and convert its partition to Linux, IF I can just remove all the files. TIA
I can see /media/windows in file system in my file browser either from Live CD or normal 6.06 boot from hdd, but when I click on the folder, it is blank (i.e., no files or folders).
When I run
"sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hda1 /media/windows" from shell within normal bootup, I get:
"mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so"
If I click on 27.3GB Volume in "Computer" view from file browser, I get:
"Unable to mount the selected volume" and if I click on "show more details", it shows:
"error: device /dev/hada1 is not removeable
error: could not execute pmount"
I had backed up not long before the U install, but now cannot find my CD of the backup. Is there a way to reach the Windows partition from any combination of U Live CD, U 6.06 from normal boot, Windows boot floppy, Windows recover fdd or cd, or simply removing the hdd and plugging it into another windows computer?
I am prepared to remove the Windoze install from this computer and convert its partition to Linux, IF I can just remove all the files. TIA