-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 just booot up linux and edit ur lilo.conf file it isnt activated yet as root type lilo im assuming u have a clean install then edit ur lilo.conf similar to this if u have window in your first partition
boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hda5 install=/boot/boot.b delay=8 default=linux map=/boot/map image=/vmlinuz label=Linux initrd=/initrd.img other=/dev/hda1 label=windows On Friday 28 November 2003 18:33, Mark Haney wrote: > > > can I use knoppix live-cd to fix mbr to be able to boot sarge & m$XP? > > > lilo is installed on sarge. grub maybe also installed though not > > > > configured. > > > > > no boot floppy :-( used new installer and dont remember the option to > > > > make > > > > > boot floppy > > > thanks > > > > I haven't tried Knoppix yet, but I messed up my MBR just the other day > > and was able to fix it with the Woody install CD #1, which can also > > serve as a rescue CD. I booted to the CD, and then entered: > > > > 'rescbf24 root=/dev/hda3' > > > > at the prompt. This started up the 2.4 kernel (I had trouble trying to > > rescue with the default kernel; don't think it can read Reiserfs) and > > set root to my Woody partition. Then I just edited my menu.lst file for > > grub, reset the MBR with the 'update-grub' command, and rebooted. > > Everything worked fine after that. > > Sorry! Don't use the 'update-grub' command! That generates a new > menu.lst file, which is what got me into trouble in the first place! > > I just checked my notes and realized that it was not my MBR that was > messed up. It was the menu.lst file. > > In any case, it sounds like you use lilo. Once you've booted up and > gotten into your Sarge system, you should be able to use the lilo > command to rewrite your MBR. > > Sorry for the misleading information on grub. > > Mark - -- Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZ jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/x/yH++Z9NIFG8GYRAh7mAKCfpzb37IF28YsEuUFHaQ7tUX9gwgCfftEf 6iXGXLG4A58x/ax+zXRsEWE= =2WVr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]