Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone..
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, James Capone wrote: For some reason When I start my Computer now I have no Lilo it just boots into Win98... How can I get it back. Thanks, James J. Capone at a lilo or syslinux prompt linux 1 root=/dev/hdXX initrd= and rerun lilo you should wind up on your linux system
Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone..
You get a syslinux prompt with the boot.img floppy or your bootable cd. Obviously he has no lilo prompt, it was included for others, and for the sake of the mailing list archive. On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote: That seems to be the problem...they're not GETTING a prompt... just boots to Win98... James... Go to your Linux Distro ftp site and pick up a boot and rescue image and find a copy of the program to write a Linux boot disk in Windows (Sorry...forget the program name) and create a boot disk and a rescue disk. Then, using at least the boot/install disk (you may need to run the rescue disk instead) type the command Axalon gave below... should take you into Linux where you can re-run lilo and it'll reinstall lilo on your MBR. John - Original Message - From: Axalon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone.. On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, James Capone wrote: For some reason When I start my Computer now I have no Lilo it just boots into Win98... How can I get it back. Thanks, James J. Capone at a lilo or syslinux prompt linux 1 root=/dev/hdXX initrd= and rerun lilo you should wind up on your linux system
Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone..
Ahh :-) Yes. I see your point. However, others may not have understood you need a boot floppy/bootable CD. :-) Just clarifying. After all, this IS a "newbie" list. :-) John - Original Message - From: Axalon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone.. You get a syslinux prompt with the boot.img floppy or your bootable cd. Obviously he has no lilo prompt, it was included for others, and for the sake of the mailing list archive. On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, John Aldrich wrote: That seems to be the problem...they're not GETTING a prompt... just boots to Win98... James... Go to your Linux Distro ftp site and pick up a boot and rescue image and find a copy of the program to write a Linux boot disk in Windows (Sorry...forget the program name) and create a boot disk and a rescue disk. Then, using at least the boot/install disk (you may need to run the rescue disk instead) type the command Axalon gave below... should take you into Linux where you can re-run lilo and it'll reinstall lilo on your MBR. John - Original Message - From: Axalon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone.. On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, James Capone wrote: For some reason When I start my Computer now I have no Lilo it just boots into Win98... How can I get it back. Thanks, James J. Capone at a lilo or syslinux prompt linux 1 root=/dev/hdXX initrd= and rerun lilo you should wind up on your linux system
RE: [newbie] Lilo BootLoader is Gone..
On 23-Jul-99 James Capone wrote: For some reason When I start my Computer now I have no Lilo it just boots into Win98... How can I get it back. Thanks, James J. Capone If you made a boot disk during installation, you can boot from that and then run lilo (check /etc/lilo.conf to make sure the settings are okay) to put it back in the MBR. If you didn't make a boot disk, I guess you could either use loadlin.exe to boot directly into Linux from Windows, or make a boot rescue disk (should be one in the /images/rescue directory on the CD) and boot from that to run Lilo. -Tom
