Direwolf_ts
10-27-2001, 06:24 PM
Original Problem:
>After win2k kept locking up on install I >said screw it and decided to go pure Linux. >Using Slack install I fdisked *ALL* >partitions away then partitioned for Linux. >Slack then installed and now any time I try >to boot from the HD I get:
>Windows 2000 could not start because the >following file is missing or corrupt: ><windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe.
>Please re-install a copy of the above file.
>
>I've tried fdisk /mbr with no luck. Where >is this nugget of Windows and how do I get >rid of it?
>
>Thanks!
>
>--Direwolf
After Troubleshooting:
OK. Someone help here. I may need a windows expert (why am I looking on a linux bbs for a windows expert??)
Abit BX6-2 motherboard w/ celeron 600
1 20Gig IBM HD as master on pri IDE
1 (??)speed CD-ROM as slave on pri IDE
1 1.2Gig HD as master on secondary IDE
1 2Gig HD on SCSI controller SCSI ID 3
1 4X CD-R on SCSI controller SCSI ID 6
I booted off of the Slack CD-ROM and using cfdisk I deleted all partitions on ALL of the hard drives writing to the partition table as I went.
I then rebooted using the Slack CD-ROM and again using cfdisk I viewed all partitions on ALL hard drives (hda, hdb, and sda)... Nothing. No partitions.
I then rebooted again using the Slack disk and using regular fdisk this time, confirmed that there is a total of ZERO partitions. No partitions exsist on any of my 3 hard drives.
I rebooted again, this time using a Win98 boot disk. Using the win98 fdisk I confirmed again (using 5 to change disks and 4 to view partition information) that there are zero partitions anywhere.
I then removed all disks from the disk drives (CD-ROM and floppy) and tried to boot from my partitionless empty hard drives. I got "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"... Expected error.
I Should now be able to say that I am confident that no operating system or indeed any left over nugget of an operating system or indeed anything at all exsists on my computer... Right?
I then booted off of the Slack CD and using fdisk created ONE primary partition on the 20Gig HD and wrote to the partition table.
I tried to boot off of the 20Gig empty, one partition HD. I got "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"... Expected.
Booting off of the Slack CD, using cfdisk I created:
/dev/hda1 200meg bootable
/dev/hda2 19Gig Extended
/dev/hda3 128Meg Swap
/dev/hda5 2Gig Linux Native
/dev/hda6 300Meg Linux Native
/dev/hda7 9Gig Linux Native
/dev/hda8 8.5Gig Linux Native
Removed all disks and tried to boot off of partitioned, empty 20Gig HD. Got the win2k error:
"Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe"
Now... the /dev/hda1 partition is marked bootable. The question of what partition is marked active should be moot because if I deleted every single partition, I should not be seeing anything to do with win2k. It should all be gone.
Is there a partition that win98 fdisk and linux fdisk and cfdisk cannot see? If so, using the win2k cdrom, is there an fdisk or similar program on it that I can use? If all of my partitions were deleted (due to the steps listed above, I'm certain ALL partitions were deleted) then where could this f*@#ing nugget of Windows be??
Any Ideas anyone??
--Direwolf
>After win2k kept locking up on install I >said screw it and decided to go pure Linux. >Using Slack install I fdisked *ALL* >partitions away then partitioned for Linux. >Slack then installed and now any time I try >to boot from the HD I get:
>Windows 2000 could not start because the >following file is missing or corrupt: ><windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe.
>Please re-install a copy of the above file.
>
>I've tried fdisk /mbr with no luck. Where >is this nugget of Windows and how do I get >rid of it?
>
>Thanks!
>
>--Direwolf
After Troubleshooting:
OK. Someone help here. I may need a windows expert (why am I looking on a linux bbs for a windows expert??)
Abit BX6-2 motherboard w/ celeron 600
1 20Gig IBM HD as master on pri IDE
1 (??)speed CD-ROM as slave on pri IDE
1 1.2Gig HD as master on secondary IDE
1 2Gig HD on SCSI controller SCSI ID 3
1 4X CD-R on SCSI controller SCSI ID 6
I booted off of the Slack CD-ROM and using cfdisk I deleted all partitions on ALL of the hard drives writing to the partition table as I went.
I then rebooted using the Slack CD-ROM and again using cfdisk I viewed all partitions on ALL hard drives (hda, hdb, and sda)... Nothing. No partitions.
I then rebooted again using the Slack disk and using regular fdisk this time, confirmed that there is a total of ZERO partitions. No partitions exsist on any of my 3 hard drives.
I rebooted again, this time using a Win98 boot disk. Using the win98 fdisk I confirmed again (using 5 to change disks and 4 to view partition information) that there are zero partitions anywhere.
I then removed all disks from the disk drives (CD-ROM and floppy) and tried to boot from my partitionless empty hard drives. I got "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"... Expected error.
I Should now be able to say that I am confident that no operating system or indeed any left over nugget of an operating system or indeed anything at all exsists on my computer... Right?
I then booted off of the Slack CD and using fdisk created ONE primary partition on the 20Gig HD and wrote to the partition table.
I tried to boot off of the 20Gig empty, one partition HD. I got "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"... Expected.
Booting off of the Slack CD, using cfdisk I created:
/dev/hda1 200meg bootable
/dev/hda2 19Gig Extended
/dev/hda3 128Meg Swap
/dev/hda5 2Gig Linux Native
/dev/hda6 300Meg Linux Native
/dev/hda7 9Gig Linux Native
/dev/hda8 8.5Gig Linux Native
Removed all disks and tried to boot off of partitioned, empty 20Gig HD. Got the win2k error:
"Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
<windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe"
Now... the /dev/hda1 partition is marked bootable. The question of what partition is marked active should be moot because if I deleted every single partition, I should not be seeing anything to do with win2k. It should all be gone.
Is there a partition that win98 fdisk and linux fdisk and cfdisk cannot see? If so, using the win2k cdrom, is there an fdisk or similar program on it that I can use? If all of my partitions were deleted (due to the steps listed above, I'm certain ALL partitions were deleted) then where could this f*@#ing nugget of Windows be??
Any Ideas anyone??
--Direwolf