OK, you want to resue LILO, Boot from the CD and type rescue; then:
mkdir /rescue What /dev/hd?? is you normal / root directory mnt -t ext2 /dev/hd?? /rescue rm -rf /boot ln -s /rescue/boot /boot Edit the file /rescue/etc/lilo.conf to what you want /rescue/sbin/lilo -C /rescue/etc/lilo.conf This will re-write your lilo There are more ways, but this is the way I remember, used it many times HTH Dave On Monday, 17 Dec 2001 14:43:08 +0000 "Hugo Saro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Originally to: All > > This is a MIME-formatted message. If you see this text it means that your > E-mail software does not support MIME-formatted messages. > > --=_tcob1.net-7122-1008635521-0001-2 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I had the same problem once, reinstalling linux solved > the lilo problem.. hope this helps... > > > --- Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > A dual boot system. I was trying repair an earlier > > problem, and of course made it even worse. Now Lilo > > will not boot up. It gets to LI and just sits there > > blinking. How do I re-install Lilo so as to access > > the system again. I have tried booting into the boot > > cd and typing 'rescue', I can then get to a prompt. > > After looking at an article about basic Unix > > commands I used 'ls' to see my directories. Whoopee, > > I can see then 'til I'm blue in the face. I swear I > > am going to take a course in basic Linux commands > > after I get through this! > > I did also try to reinstall the whole kit and > > kiboodle, but each time I try, it gets as far as > > installing packages and then just quits, with two > > minutes to go....! The activity lights on the cdrom > > drive and HD just die. I've tried waiting for ages! > > Nothing! I tried using the Plextor burner as a boot > > device and to load the OS from but with the same > > result. > > Here are some tech details that may help. > > Any help will be gratefully appreciated, as I'm > > kinda' dead in the water here. (Posting from the > > wifes machine here, sshhh...) > > Mick > > > > AMD Athlon 1Ghz > > 512 ram > > Plextor CD Burner > > 52X ATAPI CDROM > > Floppy > > NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 M64 > > LM 8.1 > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of > your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com > or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > --=_tcob1.net-7122-1008635521-0001-2 > Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer"; charset=iso-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline; filename="message.footer" > X-Mime-Autoconverted: from 8bit to 7bit by courier 0.36.1 > > > <-> Gateway Information. > This message originated from a Fidonet System (http://www.fidonet.org) > and was gated at TCOB1 (http://www.tcob1.net) > Please do not respond direct to this message but via the list > > > >
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