----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 4:05 PM
Subject: [newbie] Boot probs.
> In the wee hours this morning I snuck Linux on my wife's Win 95 machine.
I
> used System Commander to keep things safe, got Linux up and running, but
now I
> can't boot linux. Win95 is still fine and bootable so my life is spared
for
> now. However, all I get when I select Linux from system commander's menu
is
> LIL. I know this is for diagnostic purposes, so what does it mean, and
where
> should I go from here? Please help or my next email will be from
tom@doghouse!
> Many thanks, Tom
>
Use your Linux boot floppy to boot Linux. Then at the command prompt, give
the command "lilo" without the quotes. Remove the floppy and run whatever
youneed to to set up System Commander.
Didn't make a boot floppy? Boot from the linux install floppy and choose
Upgrade. When you get to the prompt about a boot floppy, make it and then
later choose to put lilo on the Linux partition, not the MBR. This latter
step can also fix your problem.
Hoyt
