Quoting Gerald Timothy Quimpo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 1. we booted into the CD, went to rescue, and did the > Restore boot loader thing. that didn't work. > > 2. we went into the console, mounted /dev/hda5 under /mnt > (/dev/hda5 is where linux is, /dev/hda1 is w2k) and chrooted > to /mnt. then we did lilo manually. it says it's installing itself, > but when we reboot, the box still goes straight into windows. > there's no hint that lilo exists at all. i realize that this is > functionally equivalent to #1 :), but i decided to do it manually > anyway, just to make sure. > > 3. i reinstalled linux in expert mode (the previous install was done > by someone else, choosing defaults). still no joy.
When you do things like this, make very, very sure that the "boot=" line in lilo.conf says /dev/hda, _not_ /dev/hda1. The former specifies that the write target will be the MBR. -- Cheers, A good man has few enemies; a ruthless man has none. Rick Moen [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
