On Tuesday 10 February 2004 12:13, Ron Stodden wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > If youi haven't already tried it, boot from CD1. When you get to > > the screen where you can select install or upgrade, don't choose > > either. I can't remember whether it's Esc or F1, but one of them > > will take you to a text screen where you can select rescue. > > There's an option there that will restore your lilo. > > Anne, the CD restore will only work on the first Linux partition it > encounters. If it is another he wants, he is out of luck unless he > is willing to delete the contents of the first. No, hiding it > will not work - Linux ignores the partition hidden flag. Another > thoughtless oversight by Mandrake.
Seems I've always misunderstood this, then. I thought that using the CD1 to restore lilo detected all OSs on the disk and set up lilo to use them. Ah well.... Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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