Sudhakar Chandra wrote: ======================= > > You can install Loadlin on the DOS partition and load up Linux through > Loadlin. Once inside Linux, you can reinstall LILO. >
You over-looked the sentence "PC w/o CDROM - Floppy Drive" ! :) USM Bish wrote: =============== > > That meand he has put a M$ MBR, and he can boot into DOS but not > Linux ... > Exactly ! > Pull out the 1.44 from your box ... walk over to his machine. Open > cover, search for loose power/ data cables in the loose things > that you see ... check if it is A: or B: after booting into DOS. > Put a floppy containing loadlin.exe, and dual boot through config. > sys or autoexec.bat. You may take a peek at my home page, if you > forgot how to do it [http://geocities.com/usmbish/hdi.html]. > Hmm... ! One and the same thing - to tell him to bring his PC or to go to his place my-self. Better let him bring his PC to me ! ;) > > > > PS: Also can we save this Dual-boot record of LILO - while in > > DOS, so next time if same problem is faced, the guy can re- > > install it from DOS it-self ! > > > > Yes, you need a copy of the boot sector as a file. There are some > old software available for this. Alternatively, do through a linux > rescue/ stand-alone distro, and dd the image. > Ah ! I had forgotten "part.exe" , which can do this trick while in DOS. Thanks Bish, I have that old software with me ! No need of loadlin in case someone lost LILO ! Thanks ! ~ Pat ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber Inc. Don't miss the IM event of the season | Special offer for OSDN members! JabConf 2002, Aug. 20-22, Keystone, CO http://www.jabberconf.com/osdn _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
