[H-GEN] lilo down, I'm bummed

[Sandra Milne]

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Ok, I'm assuming you know which partition you've installed linux onto. Boot 
with a rescue disk, then at the prompt type the following:
rescue root=/dev/hda2 boot=/dev/hda
(this is assuming your linux partition is /dev/hda2, if not, substitute the 
correct settings)
when u get into linux, log in as root and type:
lilo
at the prompt. this should restore your master boot record. If you're 
concerned it hasn't been set up correctly by Mandrake, try having a look at 
/etc/lilo.conf and checking over your settings.
Btw, how'd u get Mandrake to use lilo and not grub? I recently installed 
8.1 and I didn't get a choice :-(

Sandra.

At 22:08 3/04/2002 -1000, you wrote:
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>
>Just tried to do an upgrade of my Mandrake 8.1 system to 8.2. Couldn't get
>it to see the network card so I did another upgrade with different
>settings for the card. Now when I boot the system I get 01 01 01 01
>forever, no lilo. Tried to use the disk for rescue and it seems to show
>that the
>partitions are in place but I can't figure out how to boot in either win or
>linux. The system is a dual boot with Win ME and mandrake.
>
>I backed up a few things but not nearly as much as I would have liked to,
>especially on the win side.
>
>I think I might puke.
>
>Any help would be really great as I am in bad shape.
>
>Thanks
>Jimmy
>
>
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