Hello Benjamin, On 2001-08-14 Benjamin Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have win2k and linux on my notebook using lilo as bootmanager. > > Recently I ran PartitionMagic to resize my primary win2k partition. > This operation damaged my MBR, made it unbootable, and forced me > remove lilo from MBR with "fdisk /mbr" from dos. After reinstalled > win2k, I can no longer access my existing Linux installation. Sadly, I > didn't create a boot disk. > > Is there still a way to restore lilo in MBR and load my llinux? You should try to use a CD from a Linux distribution (eg. Debian) as your boot device. When the LILO prompts appears, type "rescue". It should boot a Linux system from which you can mount your Linux partition. From there, run lilo -C <lilo.conf on the partition> to install the boot loader. Hope this works, Andréas -- Andréas Saudemont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
