WINE corrupted my Windows98 installation

[pksa]

I installed WINE successfuly and launched applications from my old windows98 installation.
Untill installing WINE I could boot linux or Windows depending on the selection in bootloader. Since I installed Wine my Windows installation can not be started. It immediatelly gives message that the disk is wrong and should be changed.
If I try to start windows manually using floppy disk at certaint moment it says that VFAT is not accessible.

Have you any idea how can I search the problem or even correct it.

thanks in advance

[banzai]

But can you still run your win98 in wine?
Have you had your win98 slice mounted in Linux, accessed it while working with it in wine?

[pksa]

I can run win98 applications in wine.
Win98 partitions are mounten in linux.

??

[pksa]

the message when trying to boot win98 is:

=======================
root (hd0,0)
file type is fat, partition type 0xb
chaniloader +1

Wrong drive
Change drive and press key

===================

perhaps someone had similiar problem
help

[Muser]

that sounds like a problem with your bootloader. post ur grub.conf or lilo.conf

[techieMoe]

Just FYI, those files can usually be found in:

/etc/lilo.conf

and

/boot/grub.conf

If I'm not mistaken.

[pksa]

My grub.conf looks like this:

root (hd1,2)
install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2
quit

But when I can see grub configuration in yast which looks more complicated. Nevertheless hd0 is pointed out for Windows.

fdisk says:

Disk /dev/hda: 10.2 GB, 10242892800 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1245 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 772 6201058+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 773 1245 3799372+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 773 1245 3799341 b W95 FAT32

Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 4536 36435388+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdb2 4537 4616 642600 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb3 * 4617 9728 41062140 83 Linux

I have to say that grub was working properly before. I was able to boot Linux or Win98.



hi

[pksa]

Perhaps corrupet is wrong description.
Nevetheless I'm sure that Wine did it.
The configuration tool even warn about risk of corrupting Windows installation. Don't now what changes it introduce to windows. But it does.

pawel