hi ajay,
to boot into linux u have the following options:
option1:
if you have loadlin and a copy of the kernel you can use loadlin to load the
kernel from dos and passthe necessary patamaters to the kernel in the command
line.the params needed are root partition name and optionally initrdfilename
and other options.
c:\loadlin kernel-image root=/dev/hdxx
option 2:
you can use fdisk to mark the linux partition as the the active partition.so
that the lilo installed in the first sector of the linux partition will boot.
option 3:
if you have a rescue disk or the linux cdrom,or install floppy you can boot
the kernel by passing the root=/dev/hdxx as paramater so that linux kernel
boots into your installed system.then modify lilo.conf to install in the MBR.
option4:
if you have a single floppy distro of linux like mulinux or toms-rtbt you can
boot into that linux and mount your linux partition edit the lilo.conf in
your installed system and install lilo with the help of chroot command
changing the root to the mount point of the installed system.
sanjeev
replying to:
>Hi,
>
>I just committed a big blunder. I formatted the primary partition of my
>dual-boot system (Win2K/Linux), thus neatly erasing the LiloBoot.bin file in
>the C:\, - the Lilo is located not in the MBR but in the first sector of the
>Linux partition.
>
>Now the question is can I do anything (??) at all to boot Linux? Please
>help.
>
>Thanks
>
>Ajay Shankar
>'Life is life that' - truly so.
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