Indranil Das Gupta wrote: > > Hi, > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Manas Laha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 3:40 PM > Subject: [ilug-cal] Reinstalling LILO (was Re: Call for Talks at 12th April, > 2003 Meet) > > > Many thanks, this is good information indeed. I have learnt from it. > > I used to do something similar on RHAT installs... of course I needed to know > the /root partition from beforehand ;-) > > [1] Boot from CDROM using the RHAT CD #1 > > [2] at the "boot:" prompt, used to type "vmlinuz root=/dev/hd<xn> where xn was > my root mount point/partition > > That wud boot the system and mount under the given root mount point > > after that it was a simple case of re-installing LILO and configuring it to my > requirements :-) > > --indra
Good. In fact, great! Now I don't have to fret if the emergency boot floppy I made two years ago fails to get read at the moment when its most needed. Thank you both, Indra and Mr. K.Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. - Manas Laha -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
