--- Mayank Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > I think this is what happened. Please correct
> me
> > if I am wrong.
> >
> > When I installed a lilo with few options, it was
> ok.
> > But the second time, I installed it with lots of
> > options. This time, lilo went on writing beyond
> the
> > limit of MBR. So my filesystem on hda1 got
> corrupt.
> > If this is true, is this a bug in lilo ? Is there
> any
> > way I can get back the data in that partition ?
>
> The MBR is of fixed size, 512 bytes. Thus Lilo does
> not write
> in the MBR beyond 512 bytes.
But as I understand, since MBR is in the same disk
with no physical boundary, why can't one go on writing
beyond this limit. My doubt is whether lilo checks if
the data it is going to write is less than the size of
MBR. I am forced to say this because only after
installing lilo the second time, I lost my first
partition. Before that I could boot, mount and do
anything with it. Please correct me if I am wrong
Prasanna David
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