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On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 09:12:25AM -0400, Michael Leone wrote:
> Well, if there's nothing in any of those partitions you want to save, why
> not reinstall? Perhaps you missed a step.
I don't see any need to reinstall if she can boot into Linux. Perhaps
she installed LILO in the partition instead of in the MBR? If that's
the case, there are a couple options:
1.) Go into fdisk and mark the Linux partition as bootable.
2.) Edit /etc/lilo.conf and install LILO in the MBR (as opposed to the
partition). Change the 'boot=/dev/hdXY' line to 'boot=/dev/hdX'.
> for the exact syntax - it's something like "lilo -c /mnt/my-etc/lilo.conf").
> Then reboot, and see what happens.
Keep in mind that if you do this you'll need to edit
/mnt/my-etc/lilo.conf to reflect the new (mounted) location(s) of the
kernel image(s). There's also:
-r root-directory
Before doing anything else, do a chroot to the
indicated directory. Used for repairing a setup
from a boot floppy.
--
Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/
"As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and
this we should do freely and generously." -- Benjamin Franklin
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