File system type unknown, Partition type 0x7

[Guest c696]

Hello, i instaled mandrake 10 yesterday, im finaly done with all the settings and drivers

(was hell) but i stil have one problem i cant figure out, when i turn on my pc i get

grub (or the other one) and when i click windows i get this error

Booting "windows"

root (hd0,0)

File system type unknown, Partition type 0x7

Chain loader 2x

Now im glad i got linux working but id stil like to have windows for other ppl that

use my pc.. help very much apreciated

thanx

[Guest MadDog]

First step to resolve this..

 

Open Diskdrake and write down the partition file system type for each partition you have defined and what the partition ID is.. HDA1 = VFAT for example..

 

Then open /etc/fstab and CONFIRM that each entry matches what you have written down.. So if HDA1 is listed in fstab as ReiserFS, then you know what your problem is..

[Guest c696]

I couldent find Diskdrake in the config pannel and in /usr/etc/ there is no fstab

gues i stil have a LOT to learn

[Guest MadDog]

Ok, to find diskdrake,

 

Open your desktop menu and look for a TERMINAL or CONSOLE (my memory fails). This is a command line window that will open. Then type

 

su

and enter your root password.

 

Then type

 

diskdrake

 

(or you can type diskd and hit the tab key)

 

----

Capitals is important so type the commands in lowercase

Also, su means SuperUser. You can't find diskdrake until you have superuser (root) permissions. That is what su does. It requires you to type in the root password.

 

Each time you close the command window, you lose your superuser permissions.

 

To get to fstab

 

Open a command window

type

 

cd /etc

 

and then type

 

cat fstab

 

cat will list the fstab file to the window. You can also type

 

vi fstab

 

To quit vi (an editor), you press shift colon and then type quit.

 

Just let us know what you find, you don't need to make any changes yet.

[Guest c696]

Oke in diskDrake i have the following partitions

 

|| /mnt/win_c || /mnt/win_d || / || swap || home

 

/mnt/win_c device: hda1 type NTFS (or HPFS)

/mnt/win_d device: hda5 type NTFS (or HPFS)

/ device: hda6 type Journalised FS: ext3

Swap device: hda7 type Linux swap

/home device: hda8 type Journalised FS: ext3

 

fstab gave me this :

 

[root@localhost etc]# cat fstab

/dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1

none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0

/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2

/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-15,ro 0 0

/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-15,ro 0 0

none /proc proc defaults 0 0

/dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0

[root@localhost etc]#

 

i dont see a problem in there (yet there probably is..)

thanx a lot for asisting me on this one..

(and for the clear explication..)

[Guest MadDog]

Ok, so that looks good...

 

Now what boot loader are you using? Lilo or grub? Your first message doesn't seem sure..

[Guest c696]

i tried both, both gave same error

curently using grub

[chris:b]

Cannon - that looks exactly as if c696 got the LBA bug - the grub error message is the same as indicated here:

 

http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/05/fhas..._booting91.html

 

c696 - nothing wrong with your win system, we will get it booting again, don't try to delete or re-install at the moment, don't try to fix the MBR or something like this.

 

If Cannon confirms (he is the expert), then the solution is very simple, it's a BIOS setting you need to change then. But wait until Cannonfodder comes back here.

[Guest c696]

alright, ill hold on, again thanx for the asistance

[chris:b]

k, cannon seems to be busy.

 

Are you comfortable with going into your BIOS? Reboot your computer, on the screen you should see which key (ESC or DEL or F1 ...) to hit to enter the BIOS.

 

Somewhere in the CMOS settings --> harddisks --> choose your harddrive--> disk access (or similiar) you'll find the mode your hd is set. I guess you'll see there it's set to AUTO. Change this to: LBA

 

Save the settings. Reboot. Try the WIN entry.

[Guest c696]

went into the bios and tried, lba, chs and larg but none made windows boot

after testing all i put it back on auto (dont mean i tested everything in the bios

just the acces thing)

[Guest c696]

i just tried to acces my c partition trough /mnt/win_c and i cant see anny files on it no more

yesterday i could, donno what happend in mean time but maybe its better if i format,

if i formate the whole disck the problem will be gone right ? is there annyway to prevent this

thing from coming back after i reinstal xp and mandrake ?

[Guest c696]

wel gues i f#cked up, unles im gonna do a (low level) format on

entire harddisck i wont be instaling annything on it annymore,

so im jus gonna burn all my stuf (luckely i stil got my d so i can

put my disk on slave on my other pc and back up my stuff)

and after that instal xp and debian, no more mandrake for me.

i dont wanna diss linux or annything but i dont think it was a

smart move from mandrake to set up the boot like that...

annyway thanx for the help and no need to be awnsering this

one no more..