you could try rescue command when you insert the mandrake boot disk. you could probably recover linux that once you have linux you could then install lilo to install in the MBR I think the command is something like
lilo -M -b /dev/hda -C /etc/lilo.conf I am not sure if I have gone overboard. Also you could try grub seems to be a nicer boot loader. > Hi everyone > I'm a newbie, firmly entrenched in the Microsoft way (but not liking it) so > looking to alternatives. I have installed Mandrake 9 and love it, but am > having a few difficulties. Re LILO, here's my problem: > 1. installed Win2K on hda1 > 2. installed Linux in hdb1 > 3. LILO worked fine > 4. reinstalled Linux on hdb1 > 5. LILO didn't work any more, and trashed my MBR so couldn't boot into > Windows. > 6. Reinstalled Win2k > 7. No LILO! > I haven't been able to get LILO installed and working since - at the moment > I don't get a LILO prompt, my computer boots straight into windows unless I > boot from a floppy, but this is a pain as I need to eject it every time I > want to boot into Windows. > My disks are arranged thus: hda1 (one partition) => windows, bootable; hdb1 > (default partitions courtesy of Linux) => Mandrake 9, also bootable. I'm > attempting to install LILO on hdb1, with Linux as the default OS. > I've followed all the advice I can find on the net, and still can't seem to > get it working, so I'm missing something pretty obvious. I'd appreciate it > if someone could point me in the right direction... > Thanks in advance > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ***** > NOTE: An attachment named winmail.dat was deleted from this message because it > contained a windows executableor other potentially dangerous file type.Contact the > system administrator for more information. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- Regards, Kevin Saenz Spinaweb Your one stop shop for I.T solutions. Ph: 02 4620 5130 Fax: 02 4625 9243 Mobile: 0418455661 Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
