Re: Save me: LILO!

1999-08-15 Thread Gertjan Klein
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999 18:22:57 +0200, Dennis Schoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >You could also try "fdisk /mbr" on windows, its not documented but >sometimes it can restore your old mbr Actually, what this does is rewrite the standard MS-DOS MBR software to the MBR (without altering the partitio

Re: Save me: LILO!

1999-08-15 Thread Dennis Schoen
On Sun, Aug 15, 1999 at 07:26:51AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Aaron Solochek wrote: > >Get a boot disk. Then you can simply run "lilo" as root and that will > rest > >ore your > >MBR. If you need more specific instructions just ask. > > Or download loadlin.exe and boot Linux from

Re: Save me: LILO!

1999-08-15 Thread Oliver Elphick
Aaron Solochek wrote: >Get a boot disk. Then you can simply run "lilo" as root and that will rest >ore your >MBR. If you need more specific instructions just ask. Or download loadlin.exe and boot Linux from inside Windows. Again, you can then run lilo. -- Vote against SPAM: h

Re: Save me: LILO!

1999-08-15 Thread Aaron Solochek
Brad wrote: > > > At worst, download the Debian installation disk image. You don't have to > reinstall, just choose "Mount an existing root partition", "Activate an > existing swap partition", and "Make bootable" from the menu and things > _should_ work. This is the catch... I've used the debi

Re: Save me: LILO!

1999-08-15 Thread Aaron Solochek
Get a boot disk. Then you can simply run "lilo" as root and that will restore your MBR. If you need more specific instructions just ask. -Aaron Solochek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hans van den Boogert wrote: > Call me stupid. I re-installed Win95 on /dev/hda1, of course forgetting > that this wou

Re: Save me: LILO!

1999-08-15 Thread Brad
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Hans van den Boogert wrote: > Call me stupid. Nah, i've done some pretty bad stuff in the past too ;)B > I re-installed Win95 on /dev/hda1, of course forgetting that this > would alter the MBR. LILO won't react to any action of Shift, Ctrl or > Alt after the boot beep now, s

Save me: LILO!

1999-08-15 Thread Hans van den Boogert
Call me stupid. I re-installed Win95 on /dev/hda1, of course forgetting that this would alter the MBR. LILO won't react to any action of Shift, Ctrl or Alt after the boot beep now, so my Linux system on /dev/hda3 can not be booted. What do I do to re-install LILO? (Sorry to say I can't find my Linu