rescue disk

["Periaswamy, Senthilkumar" <senthilkumar.periaswamy@xxxxxxx>]

Hi  ,

     I  was  trying to install  RH6.1 on my home PC this weekend (I  was not
able to  run install in Graphical mode - The  screen went blank for a long
time - 3 mins) in text mode and  I had selected Checking for bad blocks
option. During the install, while formatting(1.5 GB partition) it  appeared
to be in the same state without action for more than 30 mins, So I had to
abort the install and  when  I restarted the system, It is  now asking  for
a  Boot  disk. (It appears that my LILO or MBR is corrupt). I  had Win98 on
the Other partition.

    1.  Is  there any way  I  can  recover my  m/c  to boot  in  win 98, I
intend to  install RH6.1 after that. (If  there is no hope , I  am  Ok  to
format the whole hard disk and install Linux fully on this m/c.)

    2.  Is  there any way  I  can  create  a rescue  disk (of  the  LILO or
MBR) now  on  my second  m/c  where I have RH6.0   and would like to
install Rh6.1.  I  cannot  afford to  experiment on this m/c as the previous
one , so if anything goes wrong while installing RH6.1 , I should be able to
recover to use WIN98  on this system. Please  advise  any  precautionary
measures I would  have to take  to have a safe install of RH6.1.

     Any  HOW-TO's, FAQ's  or  URL's  which discuss about such kind of
problem previously encountered ?

     If  I  have provided insufficient info  pls  let  me know , I shall
send  more  details.

History: I have  been getting the following msg for some time now on my home
PC  while working with the root login in Linux (which now has the MBR/LILO
corrupt) before i attempted to upgrade to RH6.1
 
>     hda : status timed out : status =0xd0{Busy}
>     hda : no DRQ after issuing WRITE
>     ide0 : reset :success.

Is   there a problem  with my hard disk :-( ,  Is  there any way I can check
the health of  my  hard disk  with any Linux or Windows based tools. (will
surface scan with SCANDISK do)

Thanks & Regards,
P.Senthil Kumar

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