Jogalekar your mail cleared lot of problem's thanx.
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> On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 03:10:28 -0800 (PST), Pinku Hussain said:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a m/c with win95 and linux6.2 in two partition.
> > Due to some problem I had to reinstall Win95. As a
> > result I lost LILO and unable to boot in Linux. Linux
> > partition is already there but I am unable to boot.
> >
> > Now with me I have Linux6.2 CD and a linux bootable
> > disk of another PC. How can I bring back the original
> > LILO???
> >
>
> This will be rather detailed response.
>
> I had the same problem and I could sort this out today.
>
> My config
>
> Using WIN98 and SuSE 7.0.
>
> Sequence of operation as follows.
>
> 1. Boot with CD.
> 2. Choose upgrade option
> 3. It will give you choice of linux partions to choose from for /root
> where it can find your original /etc/fstab file.
> 4. System mounted the following partitions .
> /dev/hda7 /mnt/boot
> /dev/hda9 /mnt
> /dev/hda10 /mnt/home
> this will vary depending on your partitions.
> 5. locate your original lilo.conf file. it was found in /mnt/etc
> 6. make a copy of this cp /mnt/etc/lilo.conf /mnt/etc/lilo1.conf
> 7. Now edit this file.
>
> I have kept only functional lines.
> --------------lilo1.conf-------------
> boot = /dev/hda
> read-only
> prompt
> timeout = 50
> map = /mnt/boot/map #where to write map file !! NEW LINE
> install = /mnt/boot/boot.b #file to use for boot !! NEW LINE
> image = /mnt/boot/vmlinuz # use your boot image as is in file
> lable = linux # need not change from original
> root = /dev/hda9 # this is my conf. Keep your original setting
> ---------------end---------------
>
> 8 now run lilo command
> /mnt/sbin/lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo1.conf # -C tells lilo which config
> to use
>
> This will give error message
> crea /boot/boot.0300 canoot creat file path not found
>
> 9. now use this file name and run lilo as
>
> /mnt/sbin/lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo1.conf -s /mnt/boot/boot.0300
>
> you shold see normal completion message of lilo.
>
> 10. now you are ready to reboot.
> >init 6
>
> 11. After rebooting do login
>
> 12. Once again run lilo
> /sbin/lilo -v
>
> This will restore all your original settings.
>
> ####
> you can find your editor at /mnt/usr/bin
>
> Suse had created five ttys. I could work on tty2 and tty5 by switching
> using ALT-F2 and ALT-F5
>
> --
> Deepak Joglekar
>
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>
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