I just rebuilt a kernel (2.4.3-19mdk) after having built 3 previous kernels
(2.4.3-10mdk) without ANY problems. I did:
"make xconfig && make clean && make bzImage && make install && make modules
&& make modules_install"
Same as always. The kernel builds just fine but when it comes to installing,
the process craps out with an error that a bootloader could not be found (!?).
OF COURSE a bootloader is installed, nothing has changed here. Lilo is
installed and it is installed in the MBR or /dev/hda. The app, detectloader
cannot see it and this is killing the installation of the kernel. If I run
detectloader manually, it says it cannot detect a bootloader in the MBR.
What. The. Fu*k!? I then ran lilo just to be sure, and, yep, it installs.
It has also been working fine up to this point. Lilo IS installed. It IS in
the MBR of /dev/hda. It WAS detected just fine by all my previous kernel
build processes. I have not rebooted since the last one, and the system
booted up just fine in any case VIA LILO.
How, in linux (not in DOS or windoze) do I wipe the MBR and then reinstall
lilo? What is the problem here?
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