Help with log in problem

[John Dangler]

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 12:18 -0400, Master Cougar wrote:
> Hello,
>   I hope this is the right list for this. I am posting this help
> request for the third time.  First my setup.
> 
>   I have a SATA Hard drive, partitioned with Windows XP and Ubuntu
> Edgy on it. Until a few days ago I had no problem loging into either
> Ubuntu or Windows. Now, i can only log in to Windows.  When I choose
> Ubuntu at the Boot menu, I get to the log in screen, I enter my
> username press enter. enter my password, press enter. Then, the screen
> goes black, and then comes back to the log in screen. 
> 
>   Following the instructions I read elswhere about using the Live CD
> and mounting a windows Hard drive I booted using the LiveCD, when I do
> fdisk -l /dev/hda I get some weird data, and the message Missing
> partition. 
> 
>   Any suggestions?
which OS was loaded first?

> 
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> Marc de Puma
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> 
> A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
> bad measures. 
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