>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:17:51 +0000 From: John Richard Smith <bagsofchoice> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: lilo install
>>>Anne, >>> >>>Thinking back on it , I may of removed lilo altergether with a w98 >>>bootup disc from >>>the A: prompt , fdisk mbr, before attemting to replace it with Mandrak= e >>>CD1 >>>f1 -rescue etc. >>> >>>It's just a thought . >>> >>That's a possibility, John. I'll wait until Terry comes back on line later >>today, to see if he has worked out how to correct things. If he can't sort >>it I'll try your way - it does sound more promising. Why didn't I think= >>of that? >> >The more I think about it, I probably did because it's the sort of thing= > >I would do, >I suspect I just forgot about it. By the sound of it M9.0's CD1 might >just be attempting >to repair M8.2's lilo install, which is not what is wanted. I suspect >once lilo is no longer >there , M9.0's f1 -rescue will replace lilo with the correct M9.0 's >lilo pointing >to /etc/lilo.conf in M9.0, and not M8.2. > >Anyway if the worse comes to the worse you can always use M9.0 install, >run quickly through skipping everything until choose Expert install , >then sellect >nothing, skip the rest till install lilo , install lilo there and then, > >exit and reboot . >It's time wasting and awkward but quicker than a complete reinstall. > That may be best way, after all. Anne
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