On Wednesday 15 May 2002 10:47 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I can no longer boot into Linux, and I need to get files from my
> Mandrake drive.
> I have a dual boot system with Windows 98 on hard drive 1, and
> Mandrake 8.1 on Hard Drive 2. I had to reinstall Windows, and can
> no longer get the Mandrake screen which prompts for the partition
> to boot.
When you reinstalled windoze, it overwrote the mbr and removed
lilo. Winblows is sort'a antisocial like that ;)
>
> I have a Linux boot floppy which didn't seem to help. It may not
> have been created from the latest Mandrake install.
What Mandrake version? You should be able to boot your 1st
Mandrake CD, and at the first screen, press <F1> and type 'rescue'
(w/o the quotes). That'll let you mount everything under /mnt
(IIRC). Then you can run 'lilo' to reinstall it to the MBR (master
boot record).
If you don't feel comfortable doin the above, boot the 1st CD,
and choose Expert - Upgrade. Skip thru the stuff you've already done
till you get to "Install bootloader", and just let the CD reinstall
lilo (or grub) for you.
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Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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