> If you are getting the message "Missing operating system", this is
> _probably_ the standard msdos mbr boot program. Wgatever partition is
> marked bootable ("active") in the partition table does not have the
> magic number at 0x1fe of its partition boot record. Newer BIOSes may
> make this check instead of leaving it to the MBR boot program. You
> might have the wrong partition marked active, or you didn't install lilo
> in the partition boot record.
>
> Forget about the install. It's done most of its job, but it's pranged
> installing lilo. No worry. It is much easier and more straightforward
> to instll lilo by itself, also that way you get to see its error
> messages if you didn't set it up right.
>
> Boot with the bootdisk the install advised you to make. I don't know
> Caldera, but I'd be surprised it it did't suggest you make one. I
> wouldn't be surprised either to learn that you hadn't. Boot with
> whatever medium you used to start the install. Hold a shift key.
> At the
>
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one suprised by this. At no point
during the installation process was I given the option to make a boot disk.
There is a boot/install disk that came with the software. It only gives you a
couple seconds before it automatically runs into the installation.
I tried hitting tab. This left me at the boot prompt and prevented the
installation from starting, but I didn't get any list. On a hunch, this is
what I tried.
boot hda1:vmlinux.gz root=\dev\hda1
This gets me back into my system. It's not an ideal solution, but at
least I can get things back. Thanks for all the advice. I'll try reinstalling
LILO when I get the courage back. :-)
Thanks again.
