can you, when in a console window or text prompt in the linux file
system type lilo
Dacia and AzureRose wrote:
>
> Well, the problem is that I cannot load linux at all.
> I have an emergency boot/rescue disk that allows me to
> read/write my linux file system but the system has not
> loaded linux from my hard drive in that case. It is a
> live linux file system loaded from the rescue cdrom to
> RAM. A ramdisk.
>
> Aparently the MBR has been over written by win98 so I
> need to reinstall LILO but I don't know how to do
> that. I can't find any descriptions of how to do that
> anywhere and I don't want to re-install because this
> seems like a completely recoverable situation.
>
> Dacia
> --- Anthony Huereca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Once you get your Linux file system up, as root,
> > type "lilo".
> >
> > > Hello, I had to re-install windows this evening.
> > I
> > > had been using LILO to choose OS. Windows is on
> > > primary master (hda), Linux is on primary slave
> > (hdb).
> > > LILO was set to use hda as the bootable
> > partition.
> > > Anyway, now I cannot reach linux with my boot disk
> > and
> > > partition magic doesn't see a bootable linux...............
