Yeah, or thing i thought was really slick, is using NT's boot loader to call Linux. This way, when you have to reinstall NT (i say 'when', because it's only a question of time), you don't have to worry about NT overriding your linux boot loader. It's a nice trick. sach On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Whitney, Dennis wrote: > Has anybody here used the old OS2 boot loader? > I always thought it was pretty slick and reasonable. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Toby Jacobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 1:41 PM > To: Jonas Ditch > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LILO > > > Strangely enough, I have only had that problem with dual-booting > windows systems. Perhaps windows overwrites all but two bytes of the > mba, or something? I like the idea of using a different boot loader as > tack suggests. Running NT or 2000 (if indeed you are dual-booting), > one can add another entry to windows' default bootloader, then use > loadlin. Otherwise, re-"upgrading" a redhat installation seems to > reinstall lilo. > > -malen > > --- Jonas Ditch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hola!! > > > > I belive that I have a messed up LILO install. > > The symptoms are: > > Boots up to LI and stops (As in LILO boot prompt) > > > > I had just installed Debian 2.1 I reinstalled and > > that did not fix the problem. Switched to > > anouther version of Linux (RH 6 Kernal 2.2.10) > > that did not work either. I am currently booting > > up threw floppy which is time consuming. > > > > Thank you for your help > > > > Jonas > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! > > Messenger > > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > -- /* sach jobb sugoi consulting 1177 polk street san francisco, ca 94109 415.345.8872 (w) 415.345.8871 (f) 415.559.5483 (c) [EMAIL PROTECTED] %s/windows/linux/g */ "When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -- Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
