[Ilugc] Installation Problem

From: sridharinfinity@xxxxxxxxx (Sridhar R)
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 01:48:41 -0800 (PST)

Hi All !,

I am a new member of this Linux group.

Check out http://tldp.org
http://gnu.org

   I request an detailed answer from any of the
member for my below problem.Please give your answer
easy to understand and simple as I am
extremly new to LINUX.
Scenario :

        A few months ago I got a free CD of ELX
Linux from Linux For
You Magazine.I was really anxious and so I deleted
my Win ME from my
system and loaded the ELX version of Linux.I
partioned it into two as 10GB and 30GB (for my
system files and data files respectively).

    Then for the past 6 months I was not at my
Home.My sister who
doesn't know how to operate in Linux , with the help
of my uncle installed
the Win ME again in the 30GB partioned harddisk.But
for unfortunae Win
ME ate all the Linux and now it boots only in Win
ME.

     My system has only one partioned as shown by my
Win ME that too
for only 29GB.The rest 10GB partioned for the Linux
was as it is.I don't
have any boot floppy to recall my Linux files .

My Questions :

1. How do I get my Linux back ?

You can. See below.

2. Should I have to earse all the datas from my HDD
? and start from
scratch ? (I don't want to do that as my sis have
many important files
and software in it)

No.

3. Can I partion my drive now without disturbing my
Win ME? Will I be
getting a dual boot when partioned ?

Yes.

I request an answer for my questions.Even if you
can't please give
me some websites which can give me more detailed
answer in this issue.

   There are many solutions.

* Boot from your original ELX linux CD.  Type
     :linux rescue
   in the _initial_ prompt (or press ESC to get that
prompt)
   Everything else be easier afterwards

* Boot into any live CD and install the respective
boot loader.  You can install either
   1. GRUB  (/etc/grub.conf)
      To install $ grub-install /dev/hda
or
   2. LILO  (/etc/lilo.conf)
      To install $ lilo

   Before installing the boot loaders modify the app.
configuration files (See the man page for this)

   I strongly advice you to FIRST try using Google
with search queries (for this problem) something like
"linux boot loader problem"
"multibooting linux"
"booting into both linux and window"

Cheers
Rajesh M Aran

=====
Windows 2000 is more secure than Linux...
Since the machine is offline half of the time because of crashes, it cannot be
accessed globally, therefore producing higher security.
---
Sridhar R
Email: r_sridhar@xxxxxxxxxxxx
WWW: http://sridhar.has.it

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