Thanks that was my idea, thats why I posted it, regarding doing both with fdisk and lilo.
Mark ----- ---------- Mark Cooke Internet Operations Technician MM Group Ltd Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mmgroup.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Statux > Sent: 05 December 2001 18:23 > To: seawolf-list > Subject: RE: Problem with linux 6.2 > > > The suggestion was made under the guise that the info existing in the MBR > is keeping the boot disk from working. Removing that roadblock would fix > some things. That's just my interpretation :) > > On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, rpjday wrote: > > > On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Mark Cooke wrote: > > > > > boot up with a dos boot disk at at the prompt enter: > > > > > > fdisk /mbr (this removed the master boot record, I tend to > run fdisk /mbr 4 > > > times, just in case) > > > > > > then boot with the linux boot disk and then rerun lilo: > > > > > > /sbin/lilo (reinstalls lilo) > > > > > > then fingers crossed.. ;-) > > > > why would you need to "fdisk /mbr" when you're just going to run > > lilo again? lilo overwrites everything all of the boot code in > > the mbr anyway. > > > > rday > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Seawolf-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > > > > -- > -Statux > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
