You get a syslinux prompt with the boot.img floppy or your bootable cd.
Obviously he has no lilo prompt, it was included for others, and for the
sake of the mailing list archive.
On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> That seems to be the problem...they're not GETTING a prompt... just boots to
> Win98...
>
> James... Go to your Linux Distro ftp site and pick up a boot and rescue
> image and find a copy of the program to write a Linux boot disk in Windows
> (Sorry...forget the program name) and create a boot disk and a rescue disk.
> Then, using at least the boot/install disk (you may need to run the rescue
> disk instead) type the command Axalon gave below... should take you into
> Linux where you can re-run lilo and it'll reinstall lilo on your MBR.
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Axalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 11:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone..
>
>
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, James Capone wrote:
> >
> > > For some reason When I start my Computer now I have no Lilo it just
> boots
> > > into Win98... How can I get it back.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > James J. Capone
> > >
> >
> > at a lilo or syslinux prompt
> > linux 1 root=/dev/hdXX initrd=
> > and rerun lilo you should wind up on your linux system
> >
>
