[ale] Toshiba laptop

[Bob Toxen]

The Empire Strikes Back!

(Sorry.)

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 02:48:04PM -0400, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
> I purchased a Toshiba laptop. It came with Windows 8 installed.
> I tried to make it dual boot with suse linux 13.2. That worked ok for
> a day or two.
> 
> Then Windows began installing a bunch of updates. After that  could no
> longer access
> the linux partition. Not only that but the hard drive could no longer
> not be repartitioned.
> "No mount point found" was the message. So I could not reinstall linux.
> 
> With the help of Yast I was able to work somewhat around that problem.
> But now I lost the
> Windows. So far I have not found a solution for that problem. Yast
> still lists a bunch of
> partitions, but they are all listed as /dev/mapper/TOSHIBA... and they
> resist opening.
> 
> I am fairly sure that the Windows stuff is still there, but how to get
> to it, let alone boot?
> 
> Anybody knows what is going on? Thanks in advance for any help or suggestion.
> 
> Cor van Dijk
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