Bill, You maybe able to boot it with knoppix. something like this. Linux root=/dev/hda4
at the lilo prompt. I am not familiar with knoppix or how the booting works on its CDs, so the above is just a guess. the other option when in knoppix mount /dev/hda4 /mnt chroot /mnt lilo exit reboot or failing that mount /dev/hda4 edit /mnt/etc/lilo.conf and change map, install and kernel to have a /mnt at the front, change back once the disk is booting correctly. lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf Good luck, Greg. On Sun, 2 May 2004 02:27 pm, bill wrote: > Hi > > earlier I posted message re corrupted hdd wher I could see but not access > linux partition. > > Have now fixed the partition (hda4) and can access it via Knoppix 3.3. > > I now need to reinstall Grub (or Lilo) on the MBR. > > Advice please about how to do this after booting with Knoppix, or can I > boot the hdd linux from the Knoppix boot prompt? > > Advice please. > > Thanks in advance > > Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
