On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 07:11:03AM +0530, little wrote: > [snipped] > but i want to create image of lilo i.e. of boot sector which > is located on first sector of hda10 so now if i issue the > command dd if=/dev/hda10 of=/tmp/temp.bin bs=512 count=1 > file tmp.bin is created but its empty ? > ---end quoted text---
LILO boot sector would not be automatically at the boot sector of the root partition unless you specifically placed it there. If you are booting through LILO it would be at the MBR. You need to edit lilo.conf to point to the root/ boot parti- tion and then re-run LILO as per LOST #298 below. Incidentally, hda10 would be a Logical-extended partition and therefore without a boot record. If you put a bootable OS on an extended partition, it will go to the boot record of the mother Extended partition and not to individual logicals that may lie under it. There would be no boot record for hda10 per se and would get a zero byte file. HTH Bish -- : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : LILO on boot sector of root partition LOST #298 Placing LILO on root partition instead of MBR maybe needed for a dual boot system where the other OS is at MBR.After checking /etc/lilo.conf, do: '#lilo -v -v -C /etc/lilo.conf -r /' .. If /boot is the bootable partition change / to /boot. ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
