Re: [aclug-L] LI but no LO

[Karl Juhnke <fritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Bob Deep wrote:

> Try adding the "linear" (sp in doubt) option to your lilo config file
> and cycle lilo.  That should fix it I believe...

You da man!

I stuck "linear" in the lilo.conf file, and now LILO boots fine, my folks
have Windows again, and I have been readmitted to the family.

> What's going on is that lilo has a small portion of the program that
> lives on the MBR... But the MBR is too small to do much except locate
> some other sectors, load and run them...

Thank you very much for not only telling me how to fix the problem, but
also explaining what was going on.  I truly appreciate it.

-Fritz


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