Re: System Commander overwrote my MBR:

1998-05-26 Thread James Michael Keller
Michael J. Yanowitz wrote: Thanks for the quick reply (though I won't try it 'til tonight), but I have two more questions: 1) Should there be anything after the initrd= , or is that the correct syntax? 2) Do I need to do anything in System Commander to let it know where the LILO or

System Commander overwrote my MBR:

1998-05-26 Thread Michael J. Yanowitz
I used to boot with LILO without any problems, but I wanted to install System Commander so that I can also install Window's NT. LILO was installed in the MBR in /dev/hda, but my Linux partition is in /dev/hdb2. So I installed System Commander and now I can no longer boot into Linux. Any

Re: System Commander overwrote my MBR: errata

1998-05-26 Thread Federico Strati
ok, i posted my second mail without reading the others... ;-) follow the hints from real users os System Commander ciao fede Michael J. Yanowitz wrote: Thanks for the quick reply (though I won't try it 'til tonight), but I have two more questions: 1) Should there be anything after the

Re: System Commander overwrote my MBR:

1998-05-26 Thread Federico Strati
Hi michel, Michael J. Yanowitz wrote: Thanks for the quick reply (though I won't try it 'til tonight), but I have two more questions: 1) Should there be anything after the initrd= , or is that the correct syntax? it's the correct spelling, however check the redhat manual (it's called

Re: System Commander overwrote my MBR:

1998-05-26 Thread Federico Strati
hi Michael, boot with the bootdisk of redhat specifing at the prompt: linux single root=/dev/hdb2 initrd= this will mount your root partition and give you a shell, then rerun lilo ciao fede J. Yanowitz wrote: I used to boot with LILO without any problems, but I wanted to install System

Re: System Commander overwrote my MBR:

1998-05-26 Thread Damon Andrew Wasson
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Michael J. Yanowitz wrote: I used to boot with LILO without any problems, but I wanted to install System Commander so that I can also install Window's NT. LILO was installed in the MBR in /dev/hda, but my Linux partition is in /dev/hdb2. So I installed System