Probably your linux partition is beyond 1024 sectors. Try creating a small 15-20
MB /boot partition within first 1024 cylinders or get new lilo from
http://judi.greens.org/lilo/.
If you are installing it for the first time, first option is preferrable. You
need not reinstall anything.
HTH
Bye
Shridhar
Sneha Nair wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have 20 Gb Hdd and i had used 16 out of that for the windows. I tried
> installing linux. But it wouldn't let me update the mbr. It would neither
> let me boot in windows nor linux. Windows was recovered running the setup
> files. The local dealer told me that this is the problem with all hard disks
> more than 10 Gb, and the only solution is to reinstall everything including
> windows.
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