how to activate partitions

[Guest]

so, i have a linux and a windows partition i installed linux first then in
the free space installed widows xp home. but during the install of windows
xp it deactivated the linux partition now i cant seem to reactivate it so i
can multiboot

so how would i go about reactivating these partitions through windows

 

[Kerry Brown]

so, i have a linux and a windows partition i installed linux first
then in the free space installed widows xp home. but during the
install of windows xp it deactivated the linux partition now i cant
seem to reactivate it so i can multiboot

so how would i go about reactivating these partitions through windows

The Windows installer is not as intelligent as the Linux installer. It is
recommended to do the installs the other way around. To fix it you'll have
to boot from your Linux emergency floppy or CD and fix the boot loader,
likely lilo or grub.

Kerry