> How do I make my Linux bootable. I reinstalled it already and made a boot
> disk (no lilo). But it wouldn't boot using the boot disk. It gave me this
> error, 0x81. What does that mean?
>
basically, when you reinstall linux you could have already installed
lilo??? i do not really get your problem.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Horatio B. Bogbindero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:23 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [plug] Problem with LILO
>
>
>
> > The problem is, I cannot remove the multi partitions NT made on my HDD. I
> > made those partitions but I cannot remove it using the same disk. I am
> > confused about this. But you are confirming that it won't work (fdisk
> /mbr)
> > because I installed LILO on different section?
> >
> well, it just means that fdisk /mbr clears the master boot record, but if
> you did not install it in the master boot record then it would not work.
> if you installed it in another partition then doing a fdisk /mbr would not
> clear lilo because it do does not reside in the MBR.
>
> what i mentioned below is just an assumption that you made the linux
> partition bootable while the rest are not. in this case, you can simply
> make the linux partition non-bootable and make the windows partition
> bootable. this is of course true only if my assumption is correct.
>
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Horatio B. Bogbindero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:18 AM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: RE: [plug] Problem with LILO
> >
> >
> >
> > > But I didn't place LILO on the MBR. There is an option in RH6.2 that I
> can
> > > place the LILO to another partition instead on the MBR? But thanks, this
> > is
> > > worth trying.
> > >
> > ows. if LILO is not in the MBR? then you can do an fdisk and set the linux
> > partition to not bootable and make the windows partition bootable. this
> > should solve your problem.
> >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Horatio B. Bogbindero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:39 AM
> > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > > Subject: Re: [plug] Problem with LILO
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > no need to curse and shout. to remove lilo. goto your windows partition
> > > (any of them) or use a windows rescue disk and type
> > >
> > > fdisk /MBR
> > >
> > > this will flush the master boot record and remove lilo. it will restore
> > > the standard boot record.
> > >
> > > happy?
> > >
> > > On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Martinez, Maenard wrote:
> > >
> > > > My PC crashed:
> > > >
> > > > PIII-500
> > > > 64 MB RAM
> > > > 10GB HDD
> > > >
> > > > I have 5 partitions (1 for linux) and 2 OSs (Win98SE and Linux RH6.2).
> > The
> > > > LILO is installed in second partition not in MBR. I formatted my C
> > drive.
> > > > And I deleted the C drive with out deleting the succeeding drives
> using
> > > > WinNT installation disk. That was the start of my problem. The
> following
> > > > happened:
> > > >
> > > > 1. I cannot access my Linux OS.
> > > > 2. I cannot reinstall any Microsoft OS, except for the system file of
> > > Win9x.
> > > > 3. I cannot remove the LILO.
> > > >
> > > > I did the following:
> > > > 1. Reinstall Linux but I couldn't access it using boot disk.
> > > > 2. Tried to reinstall NT and Win98 but every time I boot up my
> computer,
> > > the
> > > > LILO would appear and boot directly to windows. It cannot find any OS
> > > since
> > > > I just did the fist step of installation, copying of installation
> files
> > to
> > > > the HDD.
> > > > 3. I used WinNT to delete all partitions including Linux. But the LILO
> > is
> > > > still there.
> > > >
> > > > I am sure that once I remove the LILO I can reinstall everything I
> want
> > to
> > > > my PC. But how do I remove the @!#$%^%%^$ LILO?
> > > >
> > > > HEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > Leo
> > > >
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