Re: restore--how?

2000-06-30 Thread Jack Byers
a rescue disk that had Lilo on it. regards, Jack >From: Tom Oehser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: restore--how? > > > > lilo -r /linux -v > > > > > >No. This is the wrong way to do it. You are lik

Re: restore--how?

2000-06-30 Thread Tom Oehser
> > > lilo -r /linux -v > > > >No. This is the wrong way to do it. You are likely to get a version > >conflict as you will be running the lilo executable on tomsrtbt against > >the boot.b file on your system. > > uhh, i don't get it. > what exactly conflicts with what? I don't get what you d

Re: restore--how?

2000-06-30 Thread Tom Oehser
> else is trying to help. Tom's boot disk is way cool BTW. How big of a deal is > it to install ssh client on it so i can get to another machine on my network > to look at something? Well, that is why I include telnet and nc, maybe I'll add a way to pipe it through xtea, ssh is doable, you migh

Re: restore--how?

2000-06-30 Thread Jack Byers
Tom Oehser wrote: > > lilo -r /linux -v > >No. This is the wrong way to do it. You are likely to get a version >conflict as you will be running the lilo executable on tomsrtbt against >the boot.b file on your system. uhh, i don't get it. what exactly conflicts with what? it seems to me if t

Re: restore--how?

2000-06-30 Thread Bret Hughes
Tom Oehser wrote: > > > Without realizing I needed a "boot" disk, as well as the > > > emergency disk, I allowed Windows to blow away my mbr. My > > > Linux is on sdb1, by itself, WIN is on sda1 by itself. Now > > > I got tomsrtbt as someone advised here, and it boots up, > > > but I can't even

Re: restore--how?

2000-06-30 Thread Tom Oehser
> > Without realizing I needed a "boot" disk, as well as the > > emergency disk, I allowed Windows to blow away my mbr. My > > Linux is on sdb1, by itself, WIN is on sda1 by itself. Now > > I got tomsrtbt as someone advised here, and it boots up, > > but I can't even seem to see sdbx. or mount i

Re: restore--how?

2000-06-29 Thread Bret Hughes
Doug McGarrett wrote: > Without realizing I needed a "boot" disk, as well as the > emergency disk, I allowed Windows to blow away my mbr. My > Linux is on sdb1, by itself, WIN is on sda1 by itself. Now > I got tomsrtbt as someone advised here, and it boots up, > but I can't even seem to see sdbx

RE: restore--how?

2000-06-29 Thread Juha Saarinen
%-> Without realizing I needed a "boot" disk, as well as the %-> emergency disk, I allowed Windows to blow away my mbr. My %-> Linux is on sdb1, by itself, WIN is on sda1 by itself. Now %-> I got tomsrtbt as someone advised here, and it boots up, %-> but I can't even seem to see sdbx. or mount

restore--how?

2000-06-29 Thread Doug McGarrett
Without realizing I needed a "boot" disk, as well as the emergency disk, I allowed Windows to blow away my mbr. My Linux is on sdb1, by itself, WIN is on sda1 by itself. Now I got tomsrtbt as someone advised here, and it boots up, but I can't even seem to see sdbx. or mount it, or anything. But