On Wednesday 06 February 2002 06:32, Frederic Rooms wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to reinstall Windows 2000 on my computer. I expect Win2000 to
> erase my boot sector which will kill my opportunity to launch linux.
> What can I do to not reinstall my system ? Does the booting work with a
> floppy disk ? What do I have to do ?

I know this works with win95/98, not sure about win2000.  After reinstalling 
windows simply boot with your LM boot floppy and run lilo (just type "lilo" 
or "/sbin/lilo" without the quotes in a console as root).  This will 
overwrite the mbr.

It pays to first check lilo (/etc/lilo.conf) to ensure your boot partitions 
are as they should be in case you made changes whilst installing win.

skinky
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