> With Knoppix CD do it like this: > - Boot off the Knoppix CD. > - Open a terminal. You become root with the command > "sudo su". You can also open the root terminal which > is on the Knoppix menu. > - mount the drive partition having Linux (mount > /dev/hda?)(replace the ? with the appropriate drive > letter) > - change to the partition holding Linux on the > harddisk. (cd /mnt/hda?) > - chroot to the Linux partition (chroot /mnt/hda1)
A very important step and forgot this one. Now lilo is back. > - Now you can edit the "/etc/lilo.conf" file if > required. > - Finally, shoot the command "/sbin/lilo". Reboot and > you are done. I even had to mount the boot partition as running lilo gave the error '/boot/boot.b' not found. > > The trick is to "chroot" to the Linux partition, else > you are refering to the wrong "/etc/lilo.conf" and > "/sbin/lilo" scripts. > > -- narsingh > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! India Mobile: Download the latest polyphonic ringtones. > Go to http://in.mobile.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd -- Vijay Raghavan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
