Thanks it worked > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 28 July 2000 2:44 > To: Rogers, John > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0x0100" > > > > > On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Rogers, John wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Because I am a darn fool, I installed win2k, now I can't > recover LILO. > > machine wont boot it freezes at LIL > > > > what I did was to boot off the distro CD, (Open Linux 2.3) > which uses a > ram > > disk, mounted my harddisk on /mnt > > copied /mnt/etc/lilo.conf (original ) to /etc > > copied /mnt/sbin/lilo to /sbin > > ran lilo > > > > I get a message > > "Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0x0100" > > > > > > What am I doing wrong ? > > > You are trying to install lilo into a ramdisk, and it is not > going to be > able to boot your system from there. > > Do this: > > lilo -r /mnt > > If that doesn't help, read the lilo micro-howto at > > http://nwonknu.org/micro-howtos > > Lawson > >< Microsoft free environment > > This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary. > > ---cut here--- > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > ############################################################## Disclaimer If this e-mail has been sent to you in error, please notify Oc�-Australia Limited immediately and delete this e-mail from your system. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Oc�-Australia Limited. ############################################################## - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
