Re: [newbie] bootloader reinstall prob.

2004-04-11 Thread Frank
Hi My mail seems to be getting returned a lot lately though it also appears to get through, not sure where the problem is. As to editing lilo, be sure you are convinced of what you are doing, try the following: At a command konsole, sign in as su: $su Password Then: #vim /etc/lilo.conf Ke

Re: [newbie] bootloader reinstall prob.

2004-04-10 Thread mworkman
On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 15:45, martin brandt wrote: > Quoting martin brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Quoting John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > martin brandt wrote: > > > > > > >Quoting et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>OK so /home is a seperate partitio

Re: [newbie] bootloader reinstall prob.

2004-04-10 Thread martin brandt
Quoting martin brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Quoting John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > martin brandt wrote: > > > > >Quoting et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >> > > >> > > >>>OK so /home is a seperate partition /dev/hda3 > > >>>and something is wrong with the lilo.conf entry that

Re: [newbie] bootloader reinstall prob.

2004-04-10 Thread martin brandt
Quoting John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > martin brandt wrote: > > >Quoting et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> > >> > >>>OK so /home is a seperate partition /dev/hda3 > >>>and something is wrong with the lilo.conf entry that prohibits > >>> > >>reinstalling > >> > >>>it in the usual manne

Re: [newbie] bootloader reinstall prob.

2004-04-09 Thread John Richard Smith
martin brandt wrote: Quoting et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: OK so /home is a seperate partition /dev/hda3 and something is wrong with the lilo.conf entry that prohibits reinstalling it in the usual manner What you have to do now is go back into rescue mode as before and choose consule and when th

Re: [newbie] bootloader reinstall prob.

2004-04-09 Thread martin brandt
Quoting et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Friday 09 April 2004 09:01 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > > martin brandt wrote: > > >Quoting Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >>On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 08:54, martin brandt wrote: > > >>>After installing a windows boot, i then wanted to reinstall my linux

[newbie] bootloader reinstall prob.

2004-04-08 Thread martin brandt
After installing a windows boot, i then wanted to reinstall my linux bootloader, which i have had to do quite often with the regular reinstallations needed by windows ;) I loaded from my mdk 9.2 disc and executed the rescue command. This time however i got an error. I got: Added linux * Added

Re: [newbie] bootloader reinstall prob.

2004-04-08 Thread Frank
Another way is to elect "Expert" when instalation reaches "Summary" and simply edit out that particular entry and worry about it later because you seem to have enough other options toproceed for now. Enjoy Frank On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 00:24, John Richard Smith wrote: martin brandt wrote: >Af

Re: [newbie] bootloader reinstall prob.

2004-04-08 Thread John Richard Smith
martin brandt wrote: After installing a windows boot, i then wanted to reinstall my linux bootloader, which i have had to do quite often with the regular reinstallations needed by windows ;) I loaded from my mdk 9.2 disc and executed the rescue command. This time however i got an error. I got:

[newbie] bootloader reinstall prob.

2004-04-08 Thread martin brandt
After installing a windows boot, i then wanted to reinstall my linux bootloader, which i have had to do quite often with the regular reinstallations needed by windows ;) I loaded from my mdk 9.2 disc and executed the rescue command. This time however i got an error. I got: Added linux * Added