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Re: [PLUG] Blew away my MBR and lilo<<Help needed!
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Thanks!
But once I boot the Linux..what next?? How do I get lilo to go back into the MBR?
Dan
zeek@sparklehouse.com wrote:
> Use a boot floppy or the install cdrom and do:
>
> boot: boot vmlinuz /dev/hda4 # or something like that
>
> or...
>
> go into rescue mode, mount /dev/hda4 ; /mnt/myroot ;
> chroot /mnt/myroot
>
> This is just from memory so you'll have to sort out
> the specifics.
>
> Hope it helps. Oh, and hopefully this helps too:
>
> This (should) happen(s) to everyone at least once.
>
> -zeek
>
>
> > Hello All
> >
> > I have a triple boot disk and I jsut plastered my lilo.. How do I recreate it?
> > Here are some details>
> > Partition 1 /boot
> > Partition 2 Win98
> > Partition 3 Win2K
> > Partition 4 /SUSE8
> >
> > so up until one hour ago I would boot the system and up would pop lilo.
> > I happened to have run SpeedDisk on my WIn98 partition and upon reboot I couldn't
> > reboot into win98 after lilo.. I got something along the lines of invalid system.
> > So being tired I boot a DOS floppy and did an FDISK /MBR and of course when I
> > rebooted again I got the missing operating system note..
> > So I rebooted the floppy and did an sys c: and at least I can now see the Win98
> > stuff..but with no lilo
> >
> > So question is>
> > How do I boot my SUSE8 partition and restore lilo as it was before this mess?
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
> > Sincerely
> > Dan Roberts
> >
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