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9.3

Can I see all partitions from a grub prompt?

Asked by optimumpc in Unix Setup

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I have exclusively used Windows and DOS and I'm completely lost in this UNIX prompt.  I was given a server that I was told had Windows SBS 2003 installed.  The computer boots to a grub prompt which I understand is a multi boot loader.  After some reading, this is what I've run for commands along with responses:

grub> root (hd
   Possible disks are:  hd0 hd1 hd2

grub> root (hd0,
   Possible partitions are:
     Partition num: 0, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partion type 0x83
     Partition num: 1, Filesystem type unknown, partion type 0x82
     Partition num: 2, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partion type 0x83

grub> root (hd1,
   Possible partitions are:
     Partition num: 0, Filesystem type unknown, partion type 0x83
     Partition num: 1, Filesystem type unknown, partion type 0x82
     Partition num: 2, Filesystem type is unknown, partion type 0x83

grub> root (hd2,
   Possible partitions are:
     Partition num: 0, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partion type 0x83
     Partition num: 1, Filesystem type unknown, partion type 0x82
     Partition num: 2, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partion type 0x83

So my question is, based on the above information, can I say for sure that Windows is not installed?  I'm obviously looking for a NTFS file system.  I've also used the FIND command for any obvious NT files, but I can't find any files.  I've also tried

grub> find /boot
grub> find /dev

With no files found.  So at this point, I need to decide what to do next.

Thanks,

Ed




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