I was setting up RedHat 6.1. I did partitions at HD (IDE Secondary Master) using the FDISK tool included in RedHat. After, I choossed the options to install (incl. LILO) the installation proccess looked good, but near to the final copy task, my system hung up. When I tried to reboot from the first HD with Windows 98, system told me that HD 2 has an invalid boot sector, or damaged sector zero. The system boots OK from the first HD (Win). Starting the system from the first HD and using FDISK again, the tool told me that I have overlapped partitions at HD 2 with Linux. My problem now is not about the lost information at HD because I've got a back up. The problem is that I can't access to this second HD because the system tells me that it is damage at sector 0. Additional information: PC is a Pentium II 350 Mhz. First HD is a Seagate 8.4 Gb, and it is OK. Second disk is a SAMSUNG SV2044D (IDE Sec Channel as Master) and it has the problem of invalid Sector Zero. Is it possible to repair the HD via software or is it a hardware damage ?.
*** Bug 10700 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***user said: I'm so sorry. The tool used to do partitions was DISK DRUID not FDISK as I wrote in my last message number 10697. I tried FDISK to repair mentioned HD damage but without success. Best regards, Jose Antonio.
assigned to jbj
Which software is telling you the boot sector is invalid (linux or windows software?)?
Closing due to inactivity.