Allen Bolderoff wrote:
>
> The problem is that not even a win98 boot disk will work. win 98 just does not
> boot at all.
Had this problem too when I upgraded to LM7.0 which wrote lilo into /dev/hda1
instead of /dev/hda... (Yes, I reported it back then...)
See http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/LILO-2.html#ss2.4 for more info.
Hint: *IF* lilo did the right thing, your W98 boot block should be in /boot.
There may be several boot.* files in there. You'll have to look inside each and
see if one of them is the W98 boot block. If you're lucky, it's just a matter
of writing it back with:
dd id=boot.???? of=/dev/hda1
With this method, your lilo is still fine...
BTW, I said "*IF*" because I have seen many boot.* files containing lilo, which
is not supposed to happen according to the above doc.
HTH,
Pierre
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > You may have damaged your main boot record on the hard drive. Try
> > using a Windows 98 boot ( or Windows 98 emergency disk) that has
> > FDISK on it. Try the command FDISK/MBR. By using the / MBR switch, it
> > will replace the startup code of the beginning for the MBR(it will
> > overwrite the Linux info).The Windows Partition info will be left in
> > tact. After it replaces the startup code it will return you to the DOS
> > prompt, just reboot.You can then try a fresh install of Linux. Before
> > you start FDISK, check your CMOS to ensure that A: drive is in the
> > boot order and selected. i.e.. boot order A:,C:, CD: etc..
>
> > Note: The /MBR switch is an undocumented feature of FDISK.
>
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