Re: [newbie] Re-installed Win98 - Lost LILO -- How to re-install????
Did you make a custom boot disk during the installation? If so, boot from it, and once you're logged in as 'root', type 'lilo' at the prompt. That should get lilo back into the mbr. If not, try using rawwrite (it's on the install CD) to make a rescue disk with rescue.img (in the images directory), and you should be able to do the same thing. I've never used the rescue disk, so there may be additional steps that I dont' know about. - Theo "Michael P. Wheat" wrote: Yes, I did re-install Win98 --- use it for games ;-) I am using Mandrake 6.0 on a Celeron 300 I guess when you install Win98 is automatically overwrites the MBR (sure would be nice if it would at least ask permission). I would like to get LILO back so I can get back to my Linux install. Here is my configuration: I have two drives: The first is a 1.6 gig (house win 98), and second 6.4 gig drive which is partitioned into two drives. Linux is installed on the first 2 gigs on the second drive. I really don't want to have to re-install to get back to Unix... I do that enough with Windows ;-) Thanks for your help! Talon
Re: [newbie] Re-installed Win98 - Lost LILO -- How to re-install????
Take your original install disk (or make one from the CD if you installed directly off the CD) and create a "rescue" disk as well. Boot from the floppy and when prompted to hit a key, type "rescue" and it'll prompt you for the "rescue" disk. Once it's done booting the rescue disk, mount your Linux setup as follows: "mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /mnt" (minus quotes.) Then, go to /mnt/sbin/ and type "lilo" and then exit back to the floppy and unmount your file system and reboot. At that point, you SHOULD get a LILO prompt. John - Original Message - From: Michael P. Wheat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 8:08 PM Subject: [newbie] Re-installed Win98 - Lost LILO -- How to re-install Yes, I did re-install Win98 --- use it for games ;-) I am using Mandrake 6.0 on a Celeron 300 I guess when you install Win98 is automatically overwrites the MBR (sure would be nice if it would at least ask permission). I would like to get LILO back so I can get back to my Linux install. Here is my configuration: I have two drives: The first is a 1.6 gig (house win 98), and second 6.4 gig drive which is partitioned into two drives. Linux is installed on the first 2 gigs on the second drive. I really don't want to have to re-install to get back to Unix... I do that enough with Windows ;-) Thanks for your help! Talon
RE: [newbie] Re-installed Win98 - Lost LILO -- How to re-install????
If you made a boot disk for Linux per the installation instructions use it to boot Linux and then run lilo to reinstall your loader on the mbr. If you didn't make a boot disk then I'm afraid you'll have to re-install, unless someone is aware of some other way of getting around this. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael P. Wheat Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 5:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Re-installed Win98 - Lost LILO -- How to re-install Yes, I did re-install Win98 --- use it for games ;-) I guess when you install Win98 is automatically overwrites the MBR (sure would be nice if it would at least ask permission). I would like to get LILO back so I can get back to my Linux install. ... I really don't want to have to re-install to get back to Unix... I do that enough with Windows ;-)
Re: [newbie] Re-installed Win98 - Lost LILO -- How to re-install????
An easy solution is to put your linux cdrom in, re-boot and then run an upgrade instead of install. You can then re-configure your lilo boot at the appropriate prompt. This is fast and simple Rick "mulerider" Murphy
Re: [newbie] Re-installed Win98 - Lost LILO -- How to re-install????
Rick Murphy wrote: An easy solution is to put your linux cdrom in, re-boot and then run an upgrade instead of install. You can then re-configure your lilo boot at the appropriate prompt. This is fast and simple Rick "mulerider" Murphy Yea, I did this with RH 5.2. Worked fine. -- === [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Coming to you with Linux-Mandrake 6.0
