OK? Obviously sent to "newbie", and obviously arrived.
cu
Denis
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
:~>Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:01:08 -0700
:~>From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:~>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:~>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:~>Subject: Re: [newbie] overwrote LILO, can't access linux (Solved)
:~>
:~>Dacia....very creative :-)
:~>
:~>Alan
:~>
:~>
:~>Dacia and AzureRose wrote:
:~>>
:~>> I tried this and couldn't get it to work. I couldn't
:~>> even get into my linux partition because my boot disk
:~>> wouldn't work and the new one I made didn't work
:~>> either. What I ended up doing was booting from the
:~>> installation CD and choosing exactly the same
:~>> installation path I had before. I chose Upgrade
:~>> instead of install. I can now access linux, LILO is
:~>> working again and bootmagic actually finds a bootable
:~>> linux partition too. The only bummer is that my mouse
:~>> wheel doesn't work now but that is relatively easy to
:~>> cure.
:~>>
:~>> Not the right way to do it but definately a way ;-)
:~>>
:~>> Dacia
:~>>
:~>> --- Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:~>> > Dacia....once you're booted with the rescue system
:~>> > and mounted
:~>> > your / directory you need to use the chroot
:~>> > (something like
:~>> > 'chroot /mnt/myroot' where /mnt/myroot is the
:~>> > temporary
:~>> > mountpoint for your / directory) command to change
:~>> > the current
:~>> > system to using your root directory as / (wherever
:~>> > you've
:~>> > mounted it). Then reinstall lilo with a /sbin/lilo
:~>> > command.
:~>> >
:~>> > Alan
:~>> >
:~>> >
:~>> > 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
:~>> > > > partition
:~>> > > > > either. I made the classic newbie move here.
:~>> > > > >
:~>> > > > > I have full read write access to my linux file
:~>> > > > system
:~>> > > > > thanks to a rescue CDrom. I just need to know
:~>> > > > which
:~>> > > > > files to change so that I can get LILO going
:~>> > > > again.
:~>> > > > > Does anyone know what those would be? I'm at
:~>> > a
:~>> > > > loss.
:~>> > > > >
:~>> > > > > I tried changing LILO.conf to point to hdb as
:~>> > the
:~>> > > > > bootable which didn't work. I also tried hdb1
:~>> > > > which
:~>> > > > > is my /boot partition. No go. hdb5 is linux
:~>> > > > swap,
:~>> > > > > hdb6 is / and hdb7 is /home. It seems that
:~>> > the
:~>> > > > > windows installation proces overwrote the MBR
:~>> > of
:~>> > > > hdb
:~>> > > > > because partition magic reports a small
:~>> > extended
:~>> > > > dos
:~>> > > > > partition on that drive where there formerly
:~>> > were
:~>> > > > > none.
:~>> > > > >
:~>> > > > >
:~>> > > > > Its 2:30 am and thats what I know. Thanks for
:~>> > any
:~>> > > > > help folks.
:~>> > > > >
:~>> > > > >
:~>> > > > > Dacia
:~>> > > > >
:~>> > > > >
:~>> > > > >
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:~>> > > > Computers are not intelligent. They only think
:~>> > they
:~>> > > > are.
:~>> > > >
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