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Help!!! Problem with Suse Linux

post #1 of 6
1/5/04 at 12:20pm
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I had linux and xp installed on my laptop and I decided to reinstall windows, wondows overwrote my linux boot loader, I lost my installation cds, I have no rescue disk, and I cant get into linux to get my school files to run. What should I do
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post #2 of 6
1/5/04 at 2:05pm
If you can still boot into xp then there are a few utils to mount linux drives under windows. So I would

a) start dling the install CD's again
b) grab the utils mentioned in this thread http://sagerforums.com/showthread.php?t=12674
c) pray that windows wasnt stupid enough to format you linux drive when you reinstalled it.
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post #3 of 6
1/15/04 at 1:04am
Knoppix to the rescue! Or, as Bratag suggested, get the Gentoo LiveCD again. Knoppix is simply more convenient since you actually have a fully working system when you boot it - a very nice addition to everyone's toolkit.

Mikhail
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post #4 of 6
1/15/04 at 12:02pm
Mandrake has also just released a run from CD version. First reviews are very positive.
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post #5 of 6
1/15/04 at 12:22pm
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Originally Posted by Bratag
Mandrake has also just released a run from CD version. First reviews are very positive.
Try downloading it, lol. Looks like the servers will be pretty loaded for a while. Also, I would definitely try it myself if I could download it, but the whole "you gotta buy the boxed version to be able to save your settings" thing really turns me off. I know financing such development is tough, but the commercialization of distros like Redhat and Mandrake doesnt give me a good feeling.
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post #6 of 6
1/16/04 at 11:26am
Erm... you've probably already fixed things, but with suse, i suggest you have your suse raid driver disk handy and grab the 22mb ftp install CD from linuxiso.org . it also has rescue functionality - and its suse.
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