On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Hey,
> I tried to upgrade my kernel (using rpm -Uvh kernel*.rpm instead of
> kernel -i kernel*.rpm). Then I forgot to run lilo before rebooting, and
> now linux can't boot. I have no other boot media besides the Linux
> Mandrake CD (which does not have a rescue option). I have Windows 98 on
> this system, and I'm able to do everything fine in there. How can I boot
> linux?
>
Boot to Windows 98, get two blank floppies and put your
Mandrake CD into the CDROM drive. On that CD, you'll see a
directory called "dosutils." Go into that directory and get
the util called "rawrite" and copy it onto your hard drive.
Then, open up a "dos" window and from the command line
(preferably in the directory with rawrite.exe) type
"rawrite d:\images\boot.img" <enter> and make sure you have
a blank floppy in the floppy drive. When it's done, put
another floppy in the floppy drive and type "rawrite
d:\images\rescue.img"<enter>. Replacing "d:" with the
letter of your CDROM drive, of course.
Once you've gotten your boot and rescue floppies made, exit
windows, put your "boot" floppy in the floppy drive,
restart the system (making sure the system is set to boot
off floppy, of course) and boot off the boot disk. Type
"rescue" at the prompt and swap floppies when indicated.
Then, you should be able to run '/mnt/hda5/sbin/lilo" and
that *should* take care of it, allowing you to reboot and
have your new kernel.
NOW you know why they say to upgrade your kernel with rpm
-ivh instead of -uvh. :-)
John
