Re: [newbie] Getting into Linux..

2001-01-26 Thread John Rye
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:36:47 -0500, Tim Holmes said: When I got through the install, it askes me if I want to use Lilo/GRUB. I say yes, goes through and askes what partition the MBR would be on, and then does something. Takes a minute, harddrve light goes off, and then it

Re: [newbie] Getting into Linux..

2001-01-22 Thread civileme
On Sunday 21 January 2001 04:41, you wrote: Getting back in can be done with a boot disk (which hopefully you made when asked if you wanted one). If it were lilo, it would just be a matter of running /usr/sbin/lilo. Try that with grub and see if it works for you. (/usr/sbin/grub) You can

Re: [newbie] Getting into Linux..

2001-01-22 Thread Romanator
Chris Hall wrote: Hello, I recently had to reinstall Winblows and it wiped out Grub. How can I get back into linux and set it back up? Thanks! Log in as root. From and command prompt, type in: lilo Press the enter key. Reboot you computer. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 Penguin

Re: [newbie] Getting into Linux..

2001-01-22 Thread Tim Holmes
When I get a grub prompt it doesn't give me any option to log in as root. I've tried to su - root several times and I get nothing. I just slap in a Winbloze98 floppy in there, and do a fdisk /mbr. So how do I log in as root? tdh -- T. Holmes Unixtechs.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.unixtechs.org/

Re: [newbie] Getting into Linux..

2001-01-22 Thread John Rye
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:29:22 -0500, Tim Holmes said: When I get a grub prompt it doesn't give me any option to log in as root. I've tried to su - root several times and I get nothing. I just slap in a Winbloze98 floppy in there, and do a fdisk /mbr. So how do I log in as root?

Re: [newbie] Getting into Linux..

2001-01-22 Thread Chris Hall
Yeah, I have quite a few. Thanks. - Original Message - From: "David Julie Matheson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting into Linux.. Chris Hall wrote: Hello, I recently had to reinstal

Re: [newbie] Getting into Linux..

2001-01-21 Thread David Julie Matheson
Chris Hall wrote: Hello, I recently had to reinstall Winblows and it wiped out Grub. How can I get back into linux and set it back up? Thanks! Hi Chris Simply use your Linux boot Disk you do have one don't u?? then set up grub again and all should be fine