Hi folks,

I am basically a windows user keen to enter the world of Linux. I was using which was dual boot, which contained red hat Linux 9.0 and win 98.
Last week I had a virus attack and had to re install windows again. As a result
Every time the computer boots grub is not coming. Now I tried to install red hat Linux 9.0 on the existing Linux partitions. But while it is installing it is showing the
Message: -
unable to align partition correctly. This probably means another
partitioning tool generated an incorrect partitioning table, because it did not have correct BIOS geometry. it is safe to ignore but ignoring may cause warning (fishable) problems with some boot loaders.

Even though the Linux distribution is installing, grub boot loader is not loading.

So what to do?

As a matter of fat I had used partition magic 8.0 to create a new fat32 partition and later merged it with another existing fat 32 partition. After this only the problem is coming.

Now whenever I try to open partition magic it is showing the message

Init failed error 117
partitions drive letter cannot be identified.

In fact when I take partition info tool
it is giving the message partition contains errors.

When I check the E: drive it is giving the message

error #114 logical starting at 40965813 is not one head away from EPBR

Please note that I am just a beginner in these matters. So any help would be appreciated

Hi folks,

I am basically a windows user keen to enter the world of Linux. I was using which was dual boot, which contained red hat Linux 9.0 and win 98.
Last week I had a virus attack and had to re install windows again. As a result
Every time the computer boots grub is not coming. Now I tried to install red hat Linux 9.0 on the existing Linux partitions. But while it is installing it is showing the
Message: -
unable to align partition correctly. This probably means another
partitioning tool generated an incorrect partitioning table, because it did not have correct BIOS geometry. it is safe to ignore but ignoring may cause warning (fishable) problems with some boot loaders.


Did anything (other than the redhat installer) mess with the partition table?



Even though the Linux distribution is installing, grub boot loader is not loading.


If your install is still intact, try booting the redhat CD into "rescue" mode. What you need to do is chroot to your hard drive install and reinstall grub. Your redhat CD probably can do that for you automatically.



As a matter of fat I had used partition magic 8.0 to create a new fat32 partition and later merged it with another existing fat 32 partition. After this only the problem is coming.
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Ah.

It is clear your partition table has some inconsistencies. It is possible partition magic has caused them; it did corrupt my partition table. I don't know enough about disk geometry to tell you exactly what inconsistencies you are experiencing. If you can't find a way to repair the table, you can always delete it and start from scratch.

~psi42

A tip from my mate Andy down the pub.Try fdisk/mbr from Windows.It should rewrite MBR on you/dev/hda and erase grub.
Best wishes,
Nez :cool:

Penguins are a clever bunch.