Re: [aclug-L] LI but no LO

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

another good thing to do is email your /etc/lilo.conf to the list see we
can see what the problem might be. 

On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Jonathan Hall wrote:

> You need to reinstall LILO.  Boot from a Linux rescue/boot disk, then run
> "lilo" at the command prompt, with a valid/correct lilo.conf file in place
> (usually in /etc/lilo.conf).
> 
> Or... to simply restore it to the original (Win95-only) state, try booting
> from a DOS/Windows boot disk, and running "fdisk /mbr".  You should then
> be able to boot into Windows as normal without LILO.
> > 
> > The instructions said to make a boot disk and a rescue disk, which I did.
> > I don't know what the rescue disk is for, but the boot disk allows me to
> > boot from hdb5 and run linux just fine.  XWindows works great.  
> > (Indicentally, I have already discovered that the backgammon program sucks
> > pondwater.  20-3 my first match, and I expect more if I had known to
> > aggressively exploit its weaknesses.  Is there a backgammon program out
> > there of any real power?)  The point is, however, my linux boot disk
> > doesn't allow me to boot to hda1.
> > 
> > What is my problem and how might I fix it?  Please please please don't
> > tell me I have to reinstall Windows.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > -Fritz
> > 
> > P.S.  John, you may remember my setup from what you did at the
> > installfest.  I used the partitions you created, although I forgot how you
> > were going to mount them.  You had partitions of 100, 125, 500, 3000, and
> > 2000, which I called /, swap, /usr, /var, and /home, respectively.  Is
> > that right?  Is it relevant?  I seem to remember you removed EZBIOS from
> > both drives, so that wouldn't be relevant any more, right?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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