What is in /etc/lilo.conf, and what is the output of `fdisk -l /dev/hda`?
-Matt Stegman
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Scott D. Boyd wrote:
> I recently installed L-M 7.1 onto an empty hard drive. At the time,
> it was /dev/hdc in my computer, and I had L-M 6.1 on /dev/hda1.
> Since I intended to make the new HD my boot drive when I finished
> installation, I told the L-M install program to install LILO. It
> appeared that it had done so, but did not write anything to the MBR. I
> am having to boot from a floppy boot-disk, and would rather boot from
> the HD. When I tried to install LILO from the command line, I get:
> "Fatal: Partition entry not found." I get the same error when I try
> to use KLILO to install LILO into either the MBR or the Root
> partition. I get the feeling that I don't have a MBR on this new
> drive.
>
> My question is: Is there a way to install an MBR on my new
> /dev/hda without destroying my customized install of L-M 7.1?
>
> TIA,
> Scott Boyd
>
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