k hill on Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:23:28 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] lilo issues


Kevin Brosius wrote:
> 
> k hill wrote:
> >
> 
> >
> > I don't -think- I did, but I suppose anything's possible. <G>  The
> > reason I would prefer not to reinstall is that I am stubborn. I want to
> > fix it. I was the kid who broke things just so my dad would show me how
> > to fix them. My toaster oven ii now RIP due to this stubbornness. My
> > kids and I learned quite a bit about the inner workings of a toaster
> > oven though.
> >
> 
> Well, what does lilo give you during boot?  Or don't you get the lilo
> prompt prior to Win starting up?
> 
> If you don't get the LILO: prompt at all, then it didn't get installed
> in the MBR.  If you do, and it's a text prompt, hit TAB and check out
> the bootable partitions list, otherwise you should be getting a LILO
> menu immediately which lists the bootable partitions.

Ok, I just reinstalled, and I am having the same problems. I told
install to put lilo in the mbr, the partition is bootable, but it just
goes straight to windows.
When I insert the boot disk I made during install the screen shows
loading.........then reboots. I am lost here.

kristin


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