Blue Lizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > except for lilo which is kind of problematic since the binary is of no use > > without /boot/boot.b (and maybe chain.b...) > > [...] > > if the pb is lilo being missing, then installing it is the best way. [...] > -r my boy, -r > lilo takes a custom root. lilo -r /mnt will chroot and will read the /mnt/boot/boot.b -> which will fail if /mnt/boot/boot.b is missing (making lilo presence on the rescue less useful) -> which may be fail if /mnt/boot/boot.b is a different version (eg: use the rescue of 7.2 on a 8.0 system) so installing lilo is the best solution in case like this. PS: could you please remove quoted text that is unneeded
