When booted from tomsrtbt, do something like:
mount /dev/sdb7 /mnt
mount /dev/sdb9 /mnt/boot
chroot /mnt /sbin/lilo
to reinstall lilo.
-Tom
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Fergus Daly wrote:
> Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 11:59:42 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Fergus Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tom's RTBT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Fergus Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [tomsrtbt] LILO needs re-setting ... how?
>
> Tom,
>
> I've got a dual boot system (Windows and Linux) with LILO offering the
> choice as a menu at startup. If I do nothing the default selection is
> Windows.
>
> In /etc/lilo.conf the line
>
> prompt
>
> has been commented out as
>
> # prompt
>
> (slipped digit) and then this configuration was activated with
>
> lilo <Enter>
>
> with the consequence that at bootup no choice is offered, and the thing
> dives straight into Windows.
>
> I have managed (using Tom's Disk with ce) to edit lilo.conf back to what
> it should be; but I can't activate this configuration because I can't
> climb into Linux in order to do so ... can I do so after booting from
> Tom's Disk, so to speak; or is there a way the automatic selection at
> bootup can be artificially interrupted so that the menu choice is again
> presented?
>
> Fergus Daly
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
