On Mon, 01 Oct 2001 09:18:59 +0200 Zoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 22:22 30/09/01 -0700, you wrote: > >I screwed up my lilo.conf file big time and ran /sbin/lilo. Now I > >cannot boot that partition. However, I can access it from another > >partition. Is there a way that I can rerun /sbin/lilo from one > >partition yet have it write the correct map file and boot sector to > the > >other partition? I think this is possible from reading the LILO > Users > >Guide but I'd hate to blow up the unaffected partition also. I > need a > >LILO expert on this one :- ( > > > *** Not really a LILO expert but you might try to use > > lilo -C /path/to/lilo.conf > > which will use "/path/to/lilo.conf" as your config file. > > If this works and you recover your partition, promisse me you'll > never ever > run lilo without lilo -t!? That's "t" as in "test"... > > On the other hand, why don't you boot with your floppy? >
You can run lilo from anywhere as long as you mount every referenced partition and adjust the stanzas to use the mounted names for each of the partitions. Lilo is written to wherever you point it. -- Collins Richey Denver Area gentoo_rc6 xfce+sylpheed _______________________________________________ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
