Hi there, On 10/10/06, Gavin Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I think I might have run the wrong options for lilo, and now rEFIt has 4 > options: 1 OSX, 2 linux, and 1 windows. >
I have the exactly same thing. Haven't found a way to correct thing so that rEFIt only shows the three correct options... > both the linux options and the windows option boot into linux, I can't seem > to get into XP anymore (I know it's there, I run programs off of /dev/sda4 > using wine all the time. > > If I hold down the (option) key before rEFIt loads, I get 2 options: OSX and > windows, but selecting windows only boots into linux. > > Did I accidentally overwrite my MBR with lilo? If so, how can I restore it > so that I can boot XP again? Again, it's not a critical issue because wine > is fine for running most of my windows stuff, but I would really like to > figure out what I did and how to get XP booting again (without reinstalling > windows). > I think this happens when we write lilo to MBR instead of the start of the linux partition. I haven't yet solved the problem. (I'm able to boot windows with a dual-boot lilo config, but have lost the ability to boot into linux now.. he he.. basically, linux PANICs when it can't find the root device.. weird) > gavin > > -- > http://vk6hgr.echidna.id.au/~gavin8or/ > Gavin Rogers, full time problem solver. -- Miguel Sousa Filipe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users