rday, We are here to help each other and not critise if someone has a different way of doing things.
I advised to use my way, to make 100% sure that the mbr has been erased completely. (This has worked for me in the past when trying to install Linux on a server that was before running MS) or is that the wrong way of saying it by your opinion?? 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 rpjday > Sent: 05 December 2001 15:40 > To: seawolf-list > Subject: RE: Problem with linux 6.2 > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
