[olug] lilo

[Jon]

If you didn't make a boot disk for redhat you can usually fix the problme using the install cd.  It is ugly though.  Here is high level view.
boot install get into rescue mode or break out of install using alt f2 or whatever.  Get to a root prompt.  Mkae the device /dev/hda /dev/hda1 /dev/hda2 whatever up to what you need with mknod command.  I don't know all the parameters off the top of my head. 
mount your redhat root /dev/hdax under the existing tree somewhere.  cd to that directory and use chroot program to run lilo from redhat install.
It is messy ugly and scary but I have successfully done it several times.  Good luck. 

On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:14:53PM -0500, Mike Hostetler wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Jul 2001 11:50:40 -0500 Nathan Brown <tbrownarcher at home.com> wrote:
> 
> NB> I had to reformat my win98 side of the drive and of course windows kills
> NB> the boot sector for redhat.  I have had this happen before but cannot
> NB> remember what it was that corrected it.  How can I get my boot sector to
> NB> boot Red Hat too? 
> 
> Use a rescue boot disk (CD or floppy . . . the Red Hat install CD should
> let you boot an already installed parition).  After it boots, login as root
> and type "lilo".  That should be it . . . 
> 
> This assumed that lilo worked before, that your Win98 didn't change
> paritions, etc., etc.  But it's generally that easy . . .  .
> 
> Of course, you could just remove Windows totally, and laugh at people
> when they talk about having to reboot after installing a new application. 
> It's pretty fun . . .
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
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